13 Technologies that lived their lives, did their work and then took their hats (3 of 4)

 

 

Yo App and its downfall

Yo App, Mobile phone, Telephony, Mobile device, Communication Device, Portable communications device, Gesture

In the summer of 2014, the Yo app received a tremendous response from people all over the world. This messaging app that even it’s founder Moshe Hogeg admitted was based on a “stupid concept”, saw millions of downloads and a skyrocketing hype. This app merely lets users send a “Yo” to someone, and the recipient could only send a “Yo” back. The creator of the app Or Arbel claimed to put the app together in just 8 hours. They shortly opened it up to brands and developers and soon there were other features introduced – such as the World Cup would send a “Yo” every time there would be a goal scored and so forth. But from here, the graph of Yo’s popularity started falling. They are still trying to sustain the app with whatsoever new features and means, but we can’t deny that its end is near.

 

 

Beme

Smartphone, Product, Output device, Communication Device, Gesture, Gadget

According to a confirmed BuzzFeed news back in 2018, CNN planned to take down the $25 million worth app ‘Beme News’ which took birth as the brainchild of Casey Neistat and his co-founder, Matt Hackett. Neistat confessed that he failed to formulate a strategy that CNN hoped would become the central backbone of their digital news system.

Beme was an app that allowed users to post moments of their lives, without editing it to death or the ability to add captions or text. A skeleton version of the famous app Snapchat. Even though CNN wanted to attract a significant number of young users and henceforth enlisted the Youtube star Neistat and his app in the first place, its downfall was simply inevitable. It finally shut down in 2017.

 

 

Long live Uber’s self-driving cars, but not trucks though

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Uber Technologies declared that they were shutting down their self-driving trucks service in 2018. Having gained a lot of hype back in 2016, this app was killed as the company wanted to focus more on other sectors such as their self-driving cars instead. Uber’s self-driving cars were abolished when a pedestrian was killed by one of them in Arizona.

It also faced a tough competition from Tesla and Waymo, previously known as Google’s self-driving car project. Waymo claimed that its technology could power Peterbilt Class 8 Trucks, and both of these companies could haul cargos. However, Uber Freight continues to live still, an app that linked truck drivers to freight. It gained millions of users and an overwhelming response; it continues to still.