Well it's that time of year again; time to write about the best and worst lists for virtually every segment of any market. Today's list deals with the worst flops in the tech industry.
1. High-tech automatic toilets - these had heated seats, air purifiers and blow dryers, among many other unnecassary features. Only problem is they had a tendency to catch fire. ouch!
2. Electronic voting machines - Nothing more needs to be said
3. John Mackey - this CEO of Whole Foods posted on a Yahoo Finance stock forum under the alias Rahodeb, and hyped himelf and his company, and trashed Wild Oats, the company he wanted to acquire.
4. Apple - After a nine year old girl sends in a letters suggesting that her iPod nano have onscreen lyrics so people can sing along, Apple's legal team replies that they don't accept unsolicited ideas and threaten to take legal action if she sends in any more suggestions. Talk about a company taking itself too seriously
5. Intel - To promote its new Core 2 Duo Processor, Intel creates a print ad featuring 6 bare-shouldered black sprinters, benath a white guy dressed for the office.
To see the other worst tech flops, go here.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
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