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Gaming retailer GameStop has abruptly shut down its in-house Game Informer print magazine after 33 years. It has also shut down its website, leaving only a brief farewell message and image.
Google will be shutting down the VPN by Google One service sometime later in 2024. It was first launched for subscribers in October 2020, but the company now says "people simply weren't using it".
While there are many ways to shutdown and restart Windows, and while most users are aware of these, Microsoft also includes a hidden option dubbed the "Emergency Restart" and it is in Windows 11 too.
LinkedIn is shutting down its China-focused local jobs app called InCareer, which will result in the departure of 716 employees from the company. The operations will wind down by August this year.
Google announced to shut down Google Stadia on September 29, 2022 and later terminated its operations in 2023. According to reports, the company's vice president has now silently left Google.
The latest Dev Channel build 25174 has some missing icons, which suggests that the Redmond giant might be in the process of redoing and redesigning the Shut Down icons on Windows 11.
Google has confirmed that it will permanently shutter Hangouts in November 2022. The platform's website, as well as the service, will remain active, and all the data will transfer to Google Chat.
Microsoft has tweaked the Shutdown dialog box as well as the WinRE Recovery interface with the new WinUI design elements and added new icons which update these elements and ensure consistency.
Ubisoft's 2020-released battle royale with a futuristic setting, Hyper Scape, is going dark in April. The announcement comes shortly after Watch Dogs: Legion's development shut down.
In rather unfortunate news for gaming fans, Telltale Games has started the process of shutting down. Only 25 of its previous 250 employees will remain on board to wrap up obligations to partners.
Inbox, Google's secondary email service that smartened up your inbox with gesture-based snooze features and integration with Reminders will shut down for good in the coming months.
Hot on the heels of its Motiga layoffs, Chinese publisher Perfect World Entertainment has shut down another company in its roster, Seattle-based Runic Games, makers of Torchlight I, II, and Hob.
Google Map Maker was launched in 2008 to allow users to edit maps, or add places to (Google) Maps in places where the map data wasn't sufficient. However, the company closed the service on March 31.
Microsoft has announced its intention to shut down CodePlex on December 15, 2017. Starting today, new projects are no longer accepted. GitHub is of course welcoming the new influx of contributors.
Today, Microsoft has officially shut down its TechRewards program that was originally started by Nokia back in 2012. The project rewarded developers for integrating new features into their apps.
The China Consumers Association is asking Apple to investigate why certain iPhone models have suddenly stopped working. A "considerable number" of users is reportedly being impacted by the issues.
Disney Infinity 3.0 and its online features are getting the ax on all platforms - and will be unplayable on most after March 2017 - including Android, iOS, Apple TV, Windows 8.1 and 10, and consoles.
Yahoo! Pipes was a revolutionary product when it was launched some years ago, but unfortunately the service is coming to an end with the announcement of it being shut down in the next few weeks.
With Google News now shut down in Spain, publishers in the country are experiencing a sharp decline in their sites' external traffic. However, the internal traffic has surprisingly increased.
Following the approval of amendments in the tax laws in Spain, Google announced that Google News would be shut down in the country as well. But now, the publishers are asking Google News to return.
The Google Earth API will retire late next year due to a variety of reasons; the Google Geo Developers Blog has hinted at new projects in the future but released no details regarding them.
The Pirate Bay claims that a new raid on its operations by Sweden-based law enforcement officials is in the works, but says it is prepared to deal with a Megaupload-style shutdown.
Four of the suspects arrested in the Megaupload piracy case made a quick court appearance in New Zealand on Friday. The judge in the case said they will remain in jail until at least Monday.
LimeWire's days of file-sharing are over after a court ruling today is forcing the company to stop distributing and supporting LimeWire's P2P file-sharing service. As per the court ruling, LimeWire "intentionally encouraged direct infringement" and that...
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