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last.fm Although it didn't die yet, it certainly doesn't live up to its potential.
Chevy Volt. I wouldn't necessarily say it wasn't successful, but GM is killing it, and to me the irony is that I think it is a much better option for 90% of people than an all-electric vehicle. Yes, all-electric is the future, but right now being able to be on battery 95% of the time, but never having range anxiety because I can always get gas when needed, is wonderful. I can go on long trips and never worry about ha…
Notion Ink Adam Tablet [1] Pixel Qi Display [2] Altogether not a truly great tablet, but I loved the idea of the Pixel Qi display. Normal colored LCD when being used indoors with backlight enabled. But outdoors in the bright sun, the colors faded away and it became some e-paper like reflective display. That way you could use it for watching movies in the dark and reading books on the beach ;-) Sadly the tablet had a…
Sega Dreamcast. All Sony had to say was "PS2 is coming next year" and everyone stopped listening to what they could get today .
The promise of a decentralised internet where the distinction between producer and consumer is entirely up to the person at the keyboard.
I see Palm already mentioned. Neo Geo.
Obviously everything I have done was great--too advanced for its time to succeed.
Usenet, IRC, RSS, XMPP, ... Well, still rockin'
The game Warframe uses IRC for its in-game chat. They've obfuscated the authentication though, so it's not possible to just login with something like irssi. I'm sure other games do this as well.
Path had nice UI innovations that were later merged into other platforms. I guess people prefer a bigger audience over privacy.