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Maps were made in 2300 B.C. A drop in the use of maps began in 2003.
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The first commercially successful photographic process was invented in 1839 and discontinued in 2010.
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The first telephone directory was issued on February 21, 1878, and in 2012 they halted mass delivery.
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The first pay phone was installed in May 1903 but they have withdrawn altogether in 2003.
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The first shop was originally opened in 1921 and they started to close down around the year 2006.
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The first beeper was made in 1949 and became obsolete in the late 1990s.
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The first slide projector came out on May 11, 1965, and discontinued in 2004.
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Were first released on September 9, 1976, and were discontinued in November 2015.
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First Blockbuster video-rental store opened October 19th, 1985 and closed September 23, 2010.
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The first PDA was introduced in 1993 and discontinued by 2007.
