A few weeks after the death of Steve Jobs, Apple came out with a new AI program called Siri. It was touted as the system’s killer app, but unfortunately, this voice recognition personal assistant has failed to live up to Apple’s lofty promises. A Glorified ELIZA As a kid in elementary school, one of my …
Microsoft has had many failures over the years, but they’ve also had a hell of a lot of successes. One of their biggest innovations has been the Start Menu. Anyone who’s used a PC in the last 20 years is probably familiar with the concept. It is one of the biggest things that separates Windows …
Mark Zuckerberg seems to think that people like Facebook. Why wouldn’t he? The social networking site claims over a billion users. Everybody seems to have a Facebook account nowadays, but just because its popular doesn’t mean it’s well-liked. In fact, it’s almost universally despised, like the high school cheerleader who the other girls begrudgingly follow. …
For the last couple of years, Facebook has toyed with the idea of its own smart phone. Last week, they took the first real step toward that end. However, instead of spending gazillions of dollars to develop a Facebook phone, they have debuted an add-on interface for existing Android devices. Called “Facebook Home”, this new …
Last week, I highlighted Apple’s biggest failures. Now I want to move north to Redmond, Washington, to the other Titan of Technology, Microsoft. Like Apple, the company has had it’s share of fiascos. Let’s look now at Microsoft’s biggest failures. Office Assistant (“Clippy”) The Failure We’ll start with Microsoft’s most infamous flop, Microsoft Bob, which …
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