Killed by Microsoft TikTok

Killed by Microsoft Search all (9) · apps (4) · services (4) · hardware (1) Missing something? July 2020 We rely on contributors to proofread, check accuracy, and keep this list up to date. The Microsoft Graveyard is ad-free and open source. Feel free to get involved on GitHub. Follow us on Twitter to get instant updates. Microsoft Silverlight 2021 Gets unplugged in about 1 year, Microsoft Silverlight was an application framework for writing and running rich Internet applications, similar to Adobe Flash. It was about 14 years old. Mixer 2016 - 2020 Killed 10 days ago, Mixer was a video game live streaming platform. The service carried an emphasis on interactivity, with low streaming latency and a platform for allowing viewers to perform actions that can influence a stream. It was over 4 years old. Wunderlist 2015 - 2020 Killed 3 months ago, Wunderlist was a cloud-based task management application. It allows users to manage their tasks from a smartphone, tablet, computer and smartwatch. Wunderlist was free; additional collaboration features were available in a paid version known as Wunderlist Pro (released April 2013). Wunderlist was created in 2011 by Berlin-based startup 6Wunderkinder. It was acquired by Microsoft in June 2015, at which time the app had over 13 million users. It was almost 5 years old. Windows Phone 2010 - 2019 Killed 8 months ago, Windows Phone was a family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones. It was about 9 years old. Microsoft Reader 2011 - 2018 Killed over 2 years ago, Microsoft Reader was an app to read PDF, XPS and TIFF files by Microsoft. It was killed in favour of Edge's implementation of PDF reading ability. It was about 6 years old. June Marketplace 2006 - 2016 Killed over 4 years ago, Zune Marketplace was an online store that offered music, podcasts, TV shows, movies, music videos, and mobile applications. It was about 9 years old. Microsoft XNA 2005 - 2013 Killed 7 years ago, Microsoft XNA was a freeware set of tools with a managed runtime environment provided by Microsoft that facilitates video game development and management, based on the .NET Framework, with versions that run on Windows NT, Windows Phone and the Xbox 360. It was almost 8 years old. Zune Software 2008 - 2012 Killed almost 8 years ago, Zune Software was a media management software for Microsoft Windows, used to sync with devices with Zune functionality. It was almost 6 years old. Zune Portable Media Player 2006 - 2011 Killed almost 9 years ago, Zune was a line of portable media players. It was almost 5 years old. TikTok

A parody of the Microsoft Graveyard webpage shows discontinued Microsoft products and services listed as if they were dead, while a large TikTok logo appears in the center. The joke implies that TikTok has somehow replaced or outlived Microsoft’s abandoned products, turning the corporate obituary format into an absurd comparison.

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