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Firefox OS was revolutionary as an idea, but the timing was not there. If it came out a few years after, who knows what could have been. :(
> By mid-2019, KaiOS will be running on over 150 million devices around the world.
If that's true then Firefox OS is quite successful
Google glass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass A pure ingenious effort to turn humans into cyborg by adding the 4th dimension of computing to their lives in a non intrusive and seamless way. I can never understand why google couldn't make it popular given that wearable tech like watches and fitness band is catching up so quickly.
Random people hate being watched, or at least they hate knowing they are being watched by another person. That being said, like someone else mentioned, Glass and AR-type products are very successful as productivity boosters in people who assemble products. We use Pupil Labs' glasses at our business to do gaze tracking. There's a lot of good use cases for this technology, but it's not cheap and it's pretty specific at…
Having some of the smartphone info in a HUD is a killer feature in itself, much better than a smartwatch.
Google Reader. I still think RSS was a better way of aggregating news than many alternatives of today, all wrapped up in a solid and practical interface.
The promise of a decentralised internet where the distinction between producer and consumer is entirely up to the person at the keyboard.
Apparently it now has "joined" mix.com, where you can only join via Facebook, twitter or google authentication. Thanks but no thanks.
Swype. It disappeared from my phone this week and I'm in shambles.
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Oculus and other VR headset. VR as a technology is fascinating and almost Sci-Fi when it came in but people quickly realized that there are still no practical applications for the technology other than mild gaming and entertainment purposes. Companies invested heavily in VR but the ROI is poor till today. VR is mostly a one time experience for people and not something they spend time with everyday.
It's because most people are only associating it with gaming. And media outlets measure its success by checking if it is capturing the gaming market. But VR has applications beyond that. I mean, there is a new art form that let you paint in mid air. How are artists not all over this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUW49IKs1kE A technology doesn't have to be something you spend time with everyday to be successful.
I'm only seeing good things about VR gaming, though. It's definitely becoming more popular there. Lots of people seem excited for the Steam Index.
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It was a massive success everywhere except the USA. But because the USA defines history, it was a "failure". Wonderful video about the format: https://youtu.be/kU3BceoMuaA
Minidiscs were only popular in Japan. They had limited success everywhere else.
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As I understand it, The Breezy project is an active fork, and is also reportedly compatible with Git file storage: