Microsoft kills off Popfly web service
July 16, 2009 – 10:30 PM
Microsoft has confirmed it will be shutting down its’ Popfly tool on August 24, 2009.
In a message to the Popfly blog company official John Montgomery confirmed “unfortunately, on August 24, 2009 the Popfly service will be discontinued and all sites, references, and resources will be taken down. At that time, your access to your Popfly account, including any games and mashups that you have created, will be discontinued.”
A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to TechFlash that the tool was being discontinued due to the current economic climate, “like many companies, the economic situation has caused us refocus and to reevaluate our priorities; while successful and popular, Popfly is not part of our refocused strategy.”
Microsoft is advising Popfly users to visit Microsoft Web Platform Installer to continue web applications development, XNA for Xbox developement and Microsoft’s Visual Studio site for Windows development.
Tags: Popfly, visual studio, web platform, XNZ
