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Ask dot com has officially closed its doors, ending a search engine that once rivaled Google in the early days of the web. The site now returns nothing, and the Hacker News community has been sharing a wave of nostalgia for what was, for a time, a genuinely different approach to finding answers online.
Closer to the ground, Spirit Airlines is winding down all operations, a collapse that marks one of the more dramatic endings in budget aviation history. While not a tech company, Spirit leaned heavily on app-based booking and digital-first customer service — a reminder that technology alone cannot rescue a broken business model.
And on a lighter note, a developer has launched Shutt, a new tool that converts your Strava workout data into shareable photo and video posts. It is a small but telling idea — the blurring line between athletic performance and social content creation is only getting blurrier, and builders are clearly paying attention.
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