6. Winamp – An oldie but goodie, Winamp was launched in 1997. A decade and a half later, with the plethora of media players for different OS platforms, Winamp is no longer be available for download since December 20, 2013. Support for it also stopped on the same day. Early computer users are likely to have many sentimental moments while listening to music with Winamp. It is popular for its multi-format capability, and an extensive range of plug-ins and skins for graphical sound visuals.
7. MySpace Classic – MySpace began as a social networking platform that provides a spotlight on pop culture and music. The arrival of Facebook has been one of the major reasons on the declining use of MySpace. Pre-Facebook era, MySpace was the most visited social networking site in the world and it even surpassed Google as the most visited website in United States in June 2006. With the increasing popularity of Facebook, users of MySpace has lessened continuously despite several efforts to redesign and reinvent it. In June 13, 2013, it has been reported the MySpace deleted almost all of its existing user content and discontinued the Classic MySpace without consulting its user base. This has resulted to an outcry since these users were not given warming to backup their personal data. At present, MySpace only provides access to blogs, while user messages and comments are still inaccessible.
8. turntable.fm – Another social media website bites the dust as turntable.fm, the site for all audiophiles, officially closed down last December 2, 2013. After two years of providing a site for music interaction among users, turntable.fm decided to shut down its website to focus on Turntable Live. The very last song played on turntable.fm was Nickelback’s “How You Remind Me”.
9. Research in Motion (RIM) – A goodbye for Research in Motion but a hello to BlackBerry Limited. RIM is the company known as the developer for BlackBerry devices and this year, it formally rebrands itself as BlackBerry Limited, to avoid all the confusion. In the past, BlackBerry was a highly sought after device many commercial users, but its user base declined with the coming of Android or iOS. Despite the rebrand, BlackBerry Limited continued to struggle. In November 2013, BlackBerry was rumored to have been acquired by Fairfax Financial. This didn’t push through and with the announcement of BlackBerry Limited’s new CEO in the person of John Chen, he said  “We are committed to reclaiming our success.”
10. Apple iPhone 5 – Every year, Apple launches a bump up of its flagship iPhone. This year, Apple  launched two devices to replace the iPhone 5 – the iPhone 5C and the iPhone 5S. With this, Apple retired its one-year old iPhone 5 but interestingly, the iPhone 4S is still on its website.
RIP Tech: Ten Anything Tech That Died in 2013
