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*** It was then replaced with pirated DVDs.
* AM stereo was more popular in Canada (thanks to regulations that forbade all-hit formats on FM) and Japan than in the US.
* The Opera web browser became extremely popular in Russia and other ex-USSR countirescountries in the late 90s due to speed and reliability on crappy dial-up lines. It still keeps a 30-50% share - compared to 2% worldwide.
* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20131123104722/http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/08/21/linux-popularity-across-the-globe/ Linux OS] was first developed in the early 1990s, suchmuch like Windows and Mac OS. The Finnish based-developed operating system is free-and-open source that doesn’tdoesn't require as much space as both Windows and Mac does, which oftenmade it an attractive option for breathing new life workto withotherwise olderobsolete computervintage modelscomputers. On the other hand, such like Opera, Linux is relatively popular in Russia mostly due to the mention above with OpenSUSE, Gentoo, and Mandriva being the most popular.
** OpenSUSE is also popular in Czech Republic.
** Ubuntu is popular in Italy and Cuba.
** Linux is also popular in India.
* According to [[That Other Wiki]], Mozilla Firefox, which is developed by the United States-based Mozilla Corporation (itself a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, based in the same country) is the most popular Web browser in Germany and Poland.
* Despite the increase uses of computers, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter typewriters], which early versions were developed in Italy dating back to 1517, isare still popular in many parts of Latin America and South East Asia. [http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/01/world/la-fg-india-typewriter-20110901 India] still has many using mechanical typewriters because they're cheaper than a laptop and are useful in areas without electricity.
** Mechanical typewriters are also popular in parts of Africa and Latin America thanks to similar reasons. Brazil stills have factories making [http://mundoestranho.abril.com.br/materia/ainda-se-fabricam-maquinas-de-escrever typewriters].
* While popular in its native Europe especially during their heyday, [[Nokia]] mobile phones are extremely popular in Asia to the point that Nokia has released bespoke models for the Asia-Pacific region such as the Nokia 3108/6108, the [[Dolled-Up Installment|Benq-derived]] 6708 PDA and the 6208 classic. Not to mention that Nokia has [[Four Is Death|avoided]] the use of the number four in their product names as a sign of deference to their East Asian customers (although they somehow came up with the Series 40 platform as well as the Nokia 3410 and the Nokia 6234; the latter two weren't officially released in Asia though). Stateside however, Nokia fared worse as despite efforts through [[Product Placement]] in various media such as films, music videos and video games, they failed to gain a foothold due in part to telcos in the US having a bigger stranglehold towards phone manufacturers and the use of different operating frequencies among other things.
 
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