What Happened to Vine? Shutdown, Archive, Revival
Twitter shut Vine's app in 2017 and its archive later vanished. The sourced timeline, and how…
What Happened to MySpace? The Sourced Timeline
MySpace never shut down. The sourced timeline: the $580m News Corp deal, the $35m sale, the…
The Old Web: Platforms That Shaped the Internet, Then Vanished
GeoCities, Friendster, Vine, Google Reader, AIM. Four ways a platform dies, and why almost none of…
What Happened to MP3 Players? The Category’s Real Story
MP3 players died in two steps: the smartphone took the object, then streaming took the library.…
What Happened to HTC Phones? The Full Story
HTC built the first Android phone, led the US market in 2011, fought Apple in court,…
What Happened to Sony Xperia Phones (Still Made in 2026)
Sony Xperia isn't dead. The sales collapse, the 2019 market pullback, 2025 outsourced manufacturing, and why…
What Happened to TomTom and Garmin GPS Units
Smartphones killed the dashboard GPS unit, but not the companies. Garmin got bigger, TomTom got smaller,…
Why Phones Lost the Headphone Jack
Apple didn't remove the jack first, and didn't say all of it either. The dated record:…
What Happened to Phones With Physical Keyboards?
Touchscreens didn't kill keyboard phones. Here's why nearly every maker exited within years of each other,…