{"id":751,"date":"2018-04-18T08:31:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T08:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orangewebsite.com\/articles\/?p=751"},"modified":"2026-01-30T05:43:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T05:43:31","slug":"whatever-happened-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orangewebsite.com\/articles\/whatever-happened-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatever Happened To…?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whatever Happened To...<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Whatever Happened to....?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Computers, the internet, and cell phones are such an important part of everyday life it is hard to imagine the world without them. Our computers now fit on our laps, our cell phones in our pockets, and we can seemingly pull the internet out of thin air almost anywhere. The road to get here, however, has been paved with some amazing, if not short-term, digital devices, programs, and web trends. We thought it might be fun to revisit some of these digital creations to discover what happened to them.<\/p>\n

Mosaic\u00a0<\/strong>- If you were browsing the internet prior to October 1994, odds are you were using a browser called Mosaic. Since Mosaic made it possible for users of Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and the Unix X Window System to all use it, it facilitated\u00a0more\u00a0widespread use of the internet. There were four generations of Mosaic; 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0. Although it made a huge impact, it was on the scene for only about 4 years. The creators of Mosaic, Marc\u00a0Andreessen<\/span>, and Jamie\u00a0Zawinski<\/span>, went on to develop Netscape. Today,\u00a0Mosaic.com<\/a>\u00a0takes visitors to a sales and marketing company.\u00a0Netscape.com<\/a>, interestingly enough, redirects to America Online (AOL).<\/p>\n

Floppy Discs<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Before flash drives, computer users saved and exchanged data on thin magnetic discs called floppy discs or diskettes. In the mid-70's, large 8\u201d discs were frequently used, eventually being replaced by the 5 1\/4\u201d disc and then the 3.5 inch disc. Subsequently, zip-discs arrived on the scene, being replaced with CDs and DVDs. Now, these\u00a0too, are being escorted out by digital storage and file sharing services on \u201cthe cloud\u201d.<\/p>\n

Myspace<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>- There are people who make things happen and then there are those who wonder \u201cwhat the heck happened?\u201d\u00a0Myspace<\/span>\u00a0experienced a bit of both with its meteoric rise and fall. The\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0website took the internet by storm in 2003 and in 2005 was purchased by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp for over a half of a BILLION dollars. So what happened? Some say that\u00a0Myspace<\/span>\u00a0got too greedy tried to own it all, others say News Corp was too \u201ccorporate\u201d. Others suggest\u00a0Myspace<\/span> was unresponsive to the needs of its members. What really happened was Facebook. Today, MySpace continues as a music, entertainment, and culture website, a mere shadow of its former self. Today, Facebook has over 2 billion members worldwide.<\/p>\n

GeoCities<\/span>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Members were able to build websites reflecting their personality and hobbies and millions of people did just that.\u00a0GeoCities<\/span>\u00a0started in 1994 and at one point was the third most visited website on the internet. Yahoo acquired\u00a0GeoCities<\/span>\u00a0in 1999 and the service was discontinued in 2009.<\/p>\n

GameBoy<\/span>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0When Nintendo released its\u00a0GameBoy<\/span>\u00a0portable gaming system in 1989, it quickly sold one million units. It was pretty basic with a green monochrome screen, and Sega soon competed in the space with its more colorful Game Gear system. They were multiple incarnations of the Game Boy including Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. Over 200 million\u00a0GameBoy<\/span>\u00a0units ultimately were sold.<\/p>\n

FarmVille<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Developed by\u00a0Zynga<\/span>\u00a0and released on Facebook in mid-1999, it soon became the most popular game on the social media website, a spot which it held for two years. In 2010, at its peak, Farmville had almost 84 million users. After 2011, the game began losing active players. In mid-2011, it fell to 7th<\/sup>\u00a0place on Facebook's gaming list. By May of 2016, it was ranked 110th<\/sup>\u00a0in daily users. While the game has lost much of its luster it is still available and has been joined by Farmville 2.<\/p>\n

Energy Gobbling Data Centers<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Unfortunately, data centers that waste energy and pollute the planet are still a big issue in technology today. They have been referred to as\u00a0\u201cthe steel mills\u201d<\/a>\u00a0of the modern area. The\u00a0United States Department of Energy<\/a> says that data centers use 10 to 50% of the amount of energy of typical office space. Much of the energy used is not just to power the servers but in keeping the space cool to keep servers functioning properly. It is estimated that 10% of all the power used by the US Government is used powering data centers. This is a global problem that continues to this day but there are alternatives.<\/p>\n

Choosing an Eco Web Hosting Company<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hosting websites in a traditional data center is like still checking your\u00a0Myspace<\/span>\u00a0page, storing data on floppy discs or playing Farmville. You just shouldn't do it anymore. Not when there\u00a0are\u00a0\"green\" web hosting solutions like\u00a0OrangeWebsite<\/span>. We are an eco web hosting company headquartered in Iceland, considered one the safest places to host a website on the planet. Our cooler temperatures allow us to use less energy in powering our data centers. In Iceland, over 99% of the electricity is produced from renewable resources like geothermal and hydroelectric. We even encourage our employees to work from home, using less fuel by putting fewer cars on the road.<\/p>\n

When you host with\u00a0OrangeWebsite<\/span>, you have access to a selection of \"green\" labels to place on your website, verifying you are using an environmentally friendly hosting company. This can help you appeal to a broader audience of like-minded people to use your services. Hosting with an eco web hosting company not only is the right thing to do,\u00a0OrangeWebsite<\/span>\u00a0makes it practical. We offer a variety of hosting plans to suit an organization of all sizes and needs. We provide a 30-day money-back guarantee and offer secure web hosting. At Orangewebsite.com, you can sign up anonymously and pay via Bitcoin, cash by mail, PayPal or electronic transfer. We offer a 99.9% uptime and 24-hour technical support. Iceland offers exceptional modern Freedom of Speech legislation as well.<\/p>\n

Don't get caught in dated technology or yesterday's thinking. If you are interested in moving forward with green web hosting, contact us at\u00a0OrangeWebsite.com<\/a>. We are the\u00a0organic web hosting<\/a> solution.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orangewebsite.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orangewebsite.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orangewebsite.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orangewebsite.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orangewebsite.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.orangewebsite.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1883,"href":"https:\/\/www.orangewebsite.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions\/1883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orangewebsite.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orangewebsite.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orangewebsite.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orangewebsite.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}