Visionary or cross-eyed? Why Google Glass never lived up to the hype
Glass was discontinued less than 3 years after its unveiling.
Lessons from an early AR debacle.
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Fire Phone- Amazon鈥檚 $170 million Summer Fiasco
In October of 2014, Amazon reported a $170 million write off relating to the Amazon Fire Phone. This is the story of that epic failure.
Social Robot Stuck in Traffic
Announced in mid-2014, Jibo captured the imagination looking into the potential of home assistant devices, does it still stand a chance?
How Not to Crowdsource : The Demise of Quirky
How crowdsourcing company failed in brick and mortar retail
Kraft鈥檚 Vegemite: the 2.0 time鈥檚 the charm?
It’s easy to blame the crowd when crowdsourcing fails but most of the time the underlying reason for failure is in the design of the project. Kraft’s Vegemite fiasco highlights the importance of thoughtful execution, especially when crowdsourcing the name for a consumer product.