digital innovation It is the biggest challenge of the big brands of technology, since this is the way in which they compete with each other to be successful and facilitate the needs that their clients may have.
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However, just as some products can be a complete success, they can also be a complete failure.
we tell you some technological inventions that they were not victorious in the market.
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Microsoft Zune portable media player
Zune was the brand of the digital media store developed by Microsoft that included a line of portable media players: a digital media player for machines with windowsa music subscription service known as Zune Music Pass, music and video streaming services for the Xbox 360 game console, and the Windows Phone media player.
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The devices Zune They were discontinued in October 2011 and in June 2012, Microsoft permanently suspended the brand Zuneinstead offering its digital media services for its line of products (including Windows 8, Xbox 360, and Windows Phone) under the brand Xbox Music.
Apple Pippin video game console
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The Manzana Pippin was a console video game released by Apple Computer in 1995. It was based around a 66 MHz PowerPC 603e processor, a 14,400 bps modem, and a limited version of the MacOS.
The goal was to create a cheap computer aimed primarily at running CD-based multimedia titles, especially games, but also working as a network computer. It had a 4x CD-ROM drive and a video output with a standard TV connection.
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Starting at $599 and being considered a cheap computer, the system was actually normally identified as a video game console. As such, its price was considered too high compared to its competitors.
Only a few hundred references pippins they were manufactured and their production was so limited that there were more keyboards and modems produced than systems.
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The TwitterPeek was a device of type ‘smartphone’as a telephone with Internet functions, but without being a telephone, and with Internet to be used solely and exclusively with Twitter. It would not have other additional options, neither email nor even a browser.
This technological invention failed because many people did not want to buy two cell phones, one that would work for all daily needs and one that would only work for social network.
The DMC DeLorean It is a sports car manufactured by the DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) between 1981 and 1982. It is known as the DeLoreansince this was the only model that this company manufactured.
The car is also sometimes called the DMC-12, which is its internal pre-production designation. However the name DMC-12 it was never used in sales or marketing material for the production model.
The first prototype appeared in 1976 and production officially started in 1981 at the factory that DMC had in Dunmurry, in Northern Ireland (United Kingdom). Several aspects of the car were changed during its production, such as the styling of the hood, wheels, and interior.
At least 8,500 DeLoreans were manufactured before production ended in 1982. In 2007 an estimated 6,500 of them still existed
facial toning mask
Rejuvenique Electric Facial Mask It was, as can be seen from its name, a toning and rejuvenating mask for the face, which worked by means of electrical stimulation in 12 facial zonesaccording to what the advertisement reported.
The product was never approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to the English site dedicated to the advertising The Drum, and the criticism that was generated by the electric discharges of this mask were the reasons for its failure.
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The Virtual Boy it was a console video game 32-bit laptop developed and manufactured by Nintendo.
Released in 1995, it was marketed as the first console capable of displaying stereoscopic 3D graphics.
The player used the console as a head-mounted displayplacing the head against the eyepiece to view a screen monochrome red with black background. The games used an effect to create the illusion of depth.
Sales fell short of targets, and Nintendo stopped distributing and developing games in 1996, having released just 22 for the system.
Magic Leap was a company founded by Rony Abovitz in 2010.. The company created its startup of augmented reality, which promised a great technological innovation for his time. and he achieved create an absolutely incredible buzz in a field that no company had ever managed to have.
Many investors believed in this new digital acquisition, however, the company failed with this proposal, since it was nothing like what they offered in their advertisements.
Apple Butterfly Keyboards
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This is one of the inventions of Manzana that although it has not generated so much controversy, it has received some criticism from its most loyal users, since this Technological device It was very buggy and sometimes its keys would not work for no reason.
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This digital device worked like a virtual reality projector through glasses. Although this artifact was a element promising for Google, sales of this were not as desired and the company decided to remove it from its products.
It was a console video game for domestic use that offered experiences to be enjoyed alone or with friends and family.
sales of this product were not those desired by the company, for this reason it was decided to discontinue.
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