Sears is one of the dumbest failures of all time. They already had a thriving mail order system based on a paper catalogue, the evolution to an online catalog and ordering system should have been straightforward.
They didn't sell computers in the store and that really bugged Tim Conway Jr. He thought they miss the bus on that one... And Radio Shaq picked Tandy to be their computer.. Bad choice!
@bigtakeshi Sears still exists in the USA but in Canada they had to close all stores and sell off all assets so the American stores will be going the same way shortly. To many large business can't evolve and end up dying
What's sad is I never had an iPod. I had the Sony Walkman digital media player. It sounded so good because of the high quality DAC but was a pain to load music on because of the lack of software. It eventually got left in the drawer when I got an iPhone 3GS.
I ditched yahoo mail because it blocks all ways for you to utilize POP3, they did not provid POP3 protocol and the only tool that makes it enable POP3 they blocked it.. so yey GMAIL, now it is all inclusive with GDrive and other free features
Well, their big failure was that they were still titled "Radio Shack" when most people just don't care about radio anymore. When they sold computers they failed. They turned into just another cel phone store at one point, and that didn't save them. Hobbyists still went there for components (transistors, wire, batteries) until they basically stopped selling them and you were forced to buy online to other sellers, and wait for shipping, rather than go down the block and pick up what you wanted that day.
Hobbyists is very much a small, niche market. The old days of the ham radios and electronics projects on a breadboard are long gone. Most of the public hasn't the discipline to actually learn a goddamned thing anyway, too busy playing video games! That and between WalMart and Amazon, why goes to a small specialty electronics store? As for the few radio hobbyists, the Internet has brought online specialty retailers, whom mostly sell through Amazon or EBay anyway.
@@selfdo agreed..nobody repairs things anymore or solders circuit boards or needs a certain diode or resistor etc...been times i wish the one near me was still around.
working shlub Actually a lot of us would if we could still go to Radio Shack and get parts. I helped my daughters build their own first cameras and radios with parts I bought them are Radio Shack. Can’t do that for the grandchildren
This is a reflection of our evolution. New generations wil create something new, if it's better or it's worse is not relevant, simply by being "new" it will stick and push out the old. Our brains just want something *different* .
Please correct #8: Pan Am flight 103 was a flight from London to New York (with connections from Frankfurt & onto Detroit) that was blown up in Dec. 1988. The Gulf War began when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990 and the US-led ground offensive started in February 1991 after a month of bombing by air. So, the Pan Am bombing did not happen during the Gulf War, though it did go bankrupt at that time. Other American airlines like TWA also had international terrorism incidents, but Pan Am was in bad financial shape. Also, FYI, in the end Pan Am tried to stay solvent by selling off its few assets, its routes and landing rights, which obviously didn't work as that was the most important part of the airline.
A lot of people I knew still used the Walkman because you could chose what songs you had one the tape and the trouble with early Sony Discman's was that they would skip a lot! it was a while before they got the three second job protection, the portable CD players with jog protection tended to be more costly and the cassette players were more reliable and they had better battery life.
Makes me happy. I remember on one of my phones the Blockbuster app being part of bloatware that plagued the system. That's one thing that can totally kill any respect or care I may have for a company or program.
True, back in the day my Nokia and I'm sure you know which one we all had it. But anyway I was pouring a driveway and it slipped out my shirt pocket. Didn't realize until after the driveway was done poured and nice and smooth. Had my friend call my phone, we followed it right to the driveway. Which had begun to harden. One week later it still rang when called. As the battery died you could hear a little beep. I wonder if it's still there. Would love to ask that home owner if I could get it out the driveway if I laid a new driveway. I'm sure it would still work. As for modern day ones I doubt it.
they can be destroyed, you just aren't trying...... however that said yeah under normal circumstances Nokia can usually take damage other phones can't...but I still prefer the other phones...[Android OS] LG, Sony or Nexus are my choices, I will not even consider Samsung and I don't do Iphone either....
They don't need phones. They own Alcatel Lucent now who makes a large share of cell tower equipment. Nokia Airscale BBU's are being installed by all the carriers at cell sites right now
To quote Doctor Who: "My Gran used to put things on Tumblr." (Kill the Moon) Social media adapts so fast that even the next big thing might just last for a year or two. Myspace went the way of the dodo, let's see how long it takes facebook to go the same path.
Yeah and it's always the senior management that does it. FOG's that get big bucks and don't produce a damn thing. Then they get paid off and the folks that did the work get both parts on nothing.
davewave1982 remember the first few years when so many bands refused to put their music on iTunes... so you sometimes needed two devices (like a Walkman) one for music you like, one for music iTunes would let you buy.
Boarders always kept it's stores neat and organized. It seems like Barnes and Noble stores are always trashed unless you are in a store that is in a really affluent area. But hey, at this point, Barnes and Noble is basically a neighborhood bookstore so we might as well support them.
Another fool who doesn't understand Kodak. During the film era, Kodak, Fuji and Agfa (the three big makers of color film) had a gentleman's agreement with the camera companies: the film companies won't make SLRs and the camera companies won't make film. When digital came onto the scene, Kodak knew they could make point & shoots without violating their pledge, and introduced the extremely successful Easy Share line. When the camera-toting world moved to digital SLRs, Kodak was left behind. Now, this is why Kodak went bankrupt: Eastman Kodak was actually a chemical company. One of their product lines was photography supplies...but they made most of their money selling things like acetate fibers, polyesters, fine and specialty chemicals, explosives, and gelatin. They were also the third-biggest vendor in the high-volume copying business. Kodak got rid of all that and tried chasing the buck in the commercial print market. Since they didn't want to invent their own plates and own machines, they bought their way into the market...by purchasing the least popular plate company and the least popular prepress equipment manufacturer. The only thing that was really wrong with Polychrome (the plate company they got) was price; I've used a LOT of Polychrome plates and never had reason to complain. Of course, right after they bought Polychrome they raised the prices. Their equipment vendor was a different story: CreoScitex's platesetter was called the Lotem, which was a piece of shit. It broke down ALL the time and sometimes for no reason. So...when you get rid of all your profitable businesses and replace them with products no one wants to buy, you go broke.
I remember when Borders was big in the UK. They were one of the first shops to have cafes inside and you could go into the cafe and read the books, which perhaps is what made the books less desirable to buyers. They also took over Books Etc which was a major British bookshop chain. I remember when Borders opened up in Kingston not long after I moved here; I used to spend hours in there, with or without a coffee. I can still remember being in there like it was yesterday. Their magazine stalls were great as well. You could get pretty much anything that was on sale and that included American titles that were difficult to get elsewhere, particularly Smith's (the major British newsagent chain). The Kingston one is now a Next clothing store (though the Starbucks remained, for a while, and then they lost the concession to Costa). The major cause of them going under in the UK was actually the Woolworth's bankruptcy -- they were reliant on Woolworth's for a lot of their supplies (especially records) and when they went under, Borders couldn't get stock anymore. Also, in some areas print books *really* went out of fashion, computer books being a major one. Look in the computer section of any big bookshop (e.g. Foyle's in London) and see how it's shrunk from the early 2000s -- it used to take up a whole, big room then, now it's just a few racks.
+PLAYER APAKEK The cassette Walkman must have been amazing, because I paid $75 for one when I was a teenager. It was built like a tank and I had it for nine years, until I bought a CD Walkman. That cost $250 in 1989. And I used it for ten years until I gave it away. Much of the black paint was worn off but it still worked perfectly.
Robert Kelly There where Sony Ericsson phones with the Walkman Logo printed on them. The idea was that this phone would allow you to easily listen to MP3 files on the go much like you would use a cassette player, in high fidelity. At that time (mid 2000's) Those would be one of the longest lasting MP3 players due to the mobile phone battery - only rivaled by Creative's Zen Nano players who also had a good output range.
About Sony: One reason wasn’t mentioned. Sony fell behind also because they were heavily opposed to the idea of downloadable music. The company was already entrenched in several piracy battles at that time. Can't really blame them. It must have seemed obvious NOT to develop brand name mp3 players because that would only encourage and normalize the very download craze they were tying to eradicate. Lacking foresight, Sony's failed to realize they could cash in on the craze, simply by offering a legal alternative to music download. Apple did, because they realized that downloads is the way of the future, and people aren't gonna stop, ever.
I had a Sony Walkman tape player in the early 2000's and blasted Linkin Park and Cranberries all day from it. I also used to love going to Blockbuster and renting tacky horror films. My older brother also had one of those Nokias with snakes on. I'm only in my early 20's and feel so old watching these videos.
The lesson here is that if you don't adapt to changes in technology you'll fail. You'll have to change with the market to stay relevant. Its actually amazing how much Yahoo failed imagine the power they would have of they bought Google.
Kodak didn't so much 'come back' from bankruptcy as have the brand sold off to be slapped on generic products the current CEO is little more than a brand manager. The mistake regarding digital was as a result of a change of CEO from the visionary George Fisher who had diversified the company and pioneered digital photography to Daniel Carp. This turned out to be a terrible choice. Carp was a career Kodak employee with a background in administration. He saw the money poured into new ventures and summarily cut R&D spending. He was convinced that Kodak was all about little yellow boxes and would be into the foreseeable future. He sold off all the new ventures and for a while the sell-offs kept the company afloat but the end was never in doubt. I used to work in Kodak R&D so I have first hand knowledge.
There have been a lot of those types of stores and/or catalogs. Some of them are still around, just not highly visible any more. Sharper Image had a dramatic failure as described.
Man you need to not take everything so seriously. Before the internet, what did you do, go around correcting people. Grammer police loser. Stay off the comments if you're that fragile!! 😆
I sometimes honestly miss Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. It was a chance to mingle, but it was also fun to walk around and guess which movies were out of stock.
If Apple is a huge success, perhaps Apple should buy the rights to Atari and Intellivision as a takeover creating the next game console not only playing 4K UHD games with 4K UHD disks between 100GB to 200GB, but also play all 4K UHD, Blu-Ray and DVD movies also. The RAM should be between 16GB to 32GB with the fastest Intel computer processor either the I7 or I9 as an alternative. Hope that happens soon.
It's basically what Sony's got left (even bad on mobile phones, no TV's anymore and their movie studios are now "2nd level" along the big worldwide studios, even AT&T recently passing them by when they bought Warner Bros.).
Apple's the biggest shill tech company really, churning out substandard products now which gullible people still think were as good as when Steve Jobs was around. Apple has long ceased to be an innovator ever since he died and is now just playing catch-up to the real innovators today.
WRONG! many of these were just the initial or earlier technology. That's how technology often works. They are not "fails". Your definition of fails would mean everything is a fail. Learn how things work.
Maplenerd22 you are correct. I meant my comment for a different video. It had flip phones and stuff and were calling them technology fails. But I am an idiot for other reasons.
Blockbuster actually had TWO chances to buy up Netflix, both in 2000 AND in 2005, both were killer deals that would have helped Blockbuster compete later, but they turned them both down thinking that the brick and mortar movie rental business was sound and would never fail. in less then 10 years, all but about 10 Blockbuster stores (and to my knowledge only 1 in the lower-continental united states) survive today.
Salvatore Escoti I'm inclined to agree with you. Mind you, many use facebook as a platform to fight, criticize and spread negativity rather than make friends spread love. I'm surprised it lasted this long....
Late fees were a bit ridiculous but I get the rewinding fee when I think of how much time it would take to rewind nearly every single tape they stocked multiple times per week.
Excellent summation of some of the dumbest business moves of all time. Lack of corporate vision coupled with the short-term demands of "activist investors" will kill you every time. Outstanding work.
+Dutch landishRDM It could be. I don't know if that's the official way of talking about several of them but it's what I say because "Walkmans" just sounds weird.
Fuzzyscarfandmittens We (did) say Walkmans in the Netherlands. We have a lot of Dutchified English words in our language and many people wouldn’t hear the difference between men and man, it’s a mistake often made. But i like Walkmen ;)
+Dutch landishRDM It really doesn't matter. According to SONY, "Walkmans" is the correct way of referring to them. It's like do how the image format "GIF" is officially pronounced "Jiff" by the company that put it out and yet how many people say "Jiff" and how many people say "Giff"? I've always preferred "walkmen".
Kudos for including Decca's rejection of the greatest rock group in history. But why in the world would you include a picture with Jimmy Nicol (8:20)? Especially when discussing the replacement of Pete Best with Ringo Starr? Nicol was a temporary substitute for Starr during a tour of Australia. Nicol is but an asterisk in the history of The Beatles. Very strange inclusion of that photo ...
I presume that you are in huge debt by now as penalties for non return have accumulated to the point that you'd be buried in a huge avalanche... Just cough up your life savings at the alleyway near the abandoned warehouse around the corner and you'll be fine 😉
Some of the images of the Beatles don't show Pete Best, but Jimmie Nicol. A substitute drummer when Ringo was hospitalized. Jimmie Nicol joined the Beatles on a European tour through Scandinavia, the Netherlands. He left the Beatles in Australia when Ringo was recovered.
Not only that. The Video stores in Alaska are reportedly going very well. I don't know where the video got the news that they will "most likely not be around too long"....
It's because he doesn't know what he's talking about... He has probably never ever set foot there in his entire life. Just an example, video rental stores are still somewhat popular among people here (provided they don't just buy said movie) for a few good reasons. First of all, the majority of people in Québec speak french and really are not always good in english / willing to watch something in english. Netflix, however, [really] don't have alot of content in french for Canada. Most of the interesting stuff is in english except the occasional movie / TV show from Québec or France (very incomplete collection) or some movies translated in french but guess what. It's always the shit version from France that's completely different (and not in a good way) to what we've been used to at the cinema or when buying said movie (expressions, some words and the way they use / pronounce them as well as often completely changing the script). If I want something translated, I expect it to be translated, not completely changed because they're too stupid to understand anything or just because they're trying to reinvent the whole movie, "translating" into whatever the fuck they want that has absolutely nothing to do with the original version. What interest is there for me to subscribe to netflix? None since they have nothing I want. If I want to watch a movie in english, I'll buy / rent from a nearby store and set the language to english instead of french or just rent / watch it for free from the on-demand channel of my cable TV provider if available. Fuck netflix.
You are so wrong about SONY, i bought a SONY HDD MP3 player with 20gb storage at the same or before the time apple introduced 2 or 4 gb storage capacities
Re: Blockbuster. When video rental stores first opened, there were some that charged quite a bit of money, but you got a LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP. Imagine how stupid those people feel.
Why do you not know how to pronounce NOKIA correctly it's not NO...KIA it's NOKIA just like SONY is not SO.... NEE but, SONY you see to be able to pronounce every company correctly but somehow NOKIA escapes you
@Gaurav Verma it doesn't bother me. i was just commenting.. i just find it strange that he pronounced everything else correctly but not Nokia. but... it doesn't actually bother me per se
@fix it Mann No mate...... you can say that about TOMATOE and TOMATO if you like (which you didn't by the way) point being... basic objects, yes..we say them different depending on where we are from but things like names of places... Take MELBOURNE as an example american's say MEL BORN and it's more like MEL BURN and this is not debatable , WE ARE RIGHT because it's our town take, LOS ANGELES , now i don't actually know the correct way but i know of two way LOS AN GEL EARS or LOS AN GEL ES SO.. THERE ARE 2 WAYS and whichever america thinks is right is the right one.. end of story now when it comes to sony and nokia it's the way that the creators of the company pronounce them NOT THE WAY YOU RE-INTERPRET IT so.. it's a not a case of tomatoe vs tomato it's... I'm right, You're wrong and you have to accept it and it's not arrogance, it's a fact and the only way you can disprove me is to prove that the original creator of the name said differently to what i believe so long story short mate I'm in I.T. and Telecommunications i'm telling you, you're saying it wrong You have 2 choices 1. Learn from the mistake and move forward or 2. make excuses and keep saying it wrong... Up to you FYI another one American's do incorrectly is HYNUNDAI AND TO BE FAIR another one that Australian's do incorrectly is TOYOTA aussies say TOY O DA out of laziness it's actually TO YO TA point being you can attribute some things to language, but things like patented name brands.. YOU CAN'T the correct way is the way that the creator says is correct even if it doesn't marry up with correct grammar it's still correct because the creator is the creator and the source of the word this is beyond debate it's just a question of will people accept it or will they be arrogant and continue to think they are right
@Spinler Muckflitt let me answer this question like this THIS IS A THING , it's not food the similarity between saying SOLDER or SODER is like saying METAL or MEDAL (while meaning to say METAL) some people will put emphasis on the T others will say it quickly and it sounds like a D that being said THE ACTUAL NAME IS SOLDER (you can google that and find pictures of solder rolls) Pronounced SOL DA or if you prefer.. NOW.. "SO DA" Is an american term ( i believe) it's like back in the day we can SILICON Sealant and the old blokes called it silisac or more commonly SILASTIC SILASTIC IS A BRAND NAME it's a brand of silicon www.google.com.au/search?biw=1366&bih=626&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=ezHYW9fQIpXr-QaZj66YAw&q=silasac+silicon&oq=silasac+silicon&gs_l=img.3...13802.13836.0.14774.2.2.0.0.0.0.297.297.2-1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.img..1.0.0....0.Z0djBi09eCE#imgrc=COzBT1h-OfCpLM: on a building site it's like saying GET THE HILTI which translates to GET THE DRILL (the High Powered Drill) because HILTI is a brand name so back to SOLDER vs SODER soder is incorrect SOLDER is correct but, the term SODER just caught on and thus spawned the use of SODERING IRON and... I'M GONNA DO SOME SODERING and THIS IS A CRACK SODER JOINT it's badly incorrect, but it's just so out of control now that trying to fight it is a losing battle technically anyone who undertakes this debate and a) says that solder is correct WINS THE DEBATE b) says that soder is correct IS INSTANTLY WRONG and it can be easily proven by walking up to any roll of solder and reading it in normal english THE L IS NOT SILENT, because it doesn't conform to the rules of the english language to be silent so that's that AN IMPARTIAL ANSWER IS.... SOLDER IS CORRECT which one do i prefer to use.... I USE SOLDER and when i say SODER (which i don't) or if anyone else say's it... it sounds weird to me Hope that answers the question
Sony's reason for not releasing a portable digital player was that due to fearing ease of piracy, they were highly against the MP3 format, and at one time they tried to get it banned
Finland is often considered part of Scandinavia, with both 'cousin' like cultural similarities and 'cousin' like differences, more so than the other 3 (who have their differences too). Thanks "Legend of...": for how we're supposed to Say "Nokia.' The narrator said Nokia the way most Americans do. (No-kee-ah), rather than what you say is correct: Knock'-ee-ah
I remember reading that Philips invented compact cassettes and wanted other manufacturers to pay them a levy of about one dollar on each one they sold. But the likes of Sony etc refused and threatened to bring out their own versions. Philips backed down as they wanted to avoid a format war (similar to what happened with VHS and Betamax years later). So Philips gave up a small fortune.
Dutch landishRDM I can buy Kodak. My defintion of failure is different such as circuit city, Gateway computers, Montgomery Wards, blockbuster those are failures.
I mean, instantly you failed to mention a big reason for Kodak's decision was based on how significant of a revenue stream developing photos was for them.
It is not just failure to adapt but also coupled with lack of foresight. It is not everybody who can foresee that what works today may quickly become obsolete tomorrow.
When I was but a small kid, there was a Borders store in Macquarie Centre; I used to love going there. I was so disappointed and sad when I came one day, only to see the store replaced by...a JB Hi-Fi, I believe it was. I loved Borders. Such a shame.
I was a cashier back in the day and almost *EVERYONE* had a Blockbuster membership card in their wallet.
Agreed, but I also liked Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video - nothing like a little variety.
But now everyone has a Netflix subscription instead, which blockbuster turned down the opportunity to buy.
I think I still have my card somewhere.
My mom still has it on her keychain for some reason. lol Nostalgia.
@@creativelychandra that's lovely
Sears is one of the dumbest failures of all time. They already had a thriving mail order system based on a paper catalogue, the evolution to an online catalog and ordering system should have been straightforward.
Unfortunately they had stopped their catalog sales years earlier. I think it was in the early 1980s.
Saddest part of Sears is that it held out longer than Toys R Us.
Sears still exists. I think it's automotive aspect is one thing keeping it afloat. It's definitely taken a huge blow though.
They didn't sell computers in the store and that really bugged Tim Conway Jr. He thought they miss the bus on that one... And Radio Shaq picked Tandy to be their computer.. Bad choice!
@bigtakeshi Sears still exists in the USA but in Canada they had to close all stores and sell off all assets so the American stores will be going the same way shortly. To many large business can't evolve and end up dying
My first:
Camera - Kodak
Mobile - Nokia
Walkman - Sony
Email - Yahoo
Nostalgia. Thank you for those memories.
Bunty Sonawane Sony Walkman Disman Playstation Triniton Bravia Xperia Vaio Cybershot Handycam and more to come
What's sad is I never had an iPod. I had the Sony Walkman digital media player. It sounded so good because of the high quality DAC but was a pain to load music on because of the lack of software. It eventually got left in the drawer when I got an iPhone 3GS.
I still use my yahoo mail and Nokia phone
Sony is the only company that makes Walkmans.
I ditched yahoo mail because it blocks all ways for you to utilize POP3, they did not provid POP3 protocol and the only tool that makes it enable POP3 they blocked it.. so yey GMAIL, now it is all inclusive with GDrive and other free features
Nokia from toilet paper to phones. Wtf
You forgot Radio Shack. They failed as they didn't go online.
Well, their big failure was that they were still titled "Radio Shack" when most people just don't care about radio anymore. When they sold computers they failed. They turned into just another cel phone store at one point, and that didn't save them. Hobbyists still went there for components (transistors, wire, batteries) until they basically stopped selling them and you were forced to buy online to other sellers, and wait for shipping, rather than go down the block and pick up what you wanted that day.
Hobbyists is very much a small, niche market. The old days of the ham radios and electronics projects on a breadboard are long gone. Most of the public hasn't the discipline to actually learn a goddamned thing anyway, too busy playing video games! That and between WalMart and Amazon, why goes to a small specialty electronics store? As for the few radio hobbyists, the Internet has brought online specialty retailers, whom mostly sell through Amazon or EBay anyway.
@@selfdo agreed..nobody repairs things anymore or solders circuit boards or needs a certain diode or resistor etc...been times i wish the one near me was still around.
I just bought AM-FM Headphones from Radio Shack in November 2018 online. Love Radio Shack, You can still buy from Radio Shack online.
working shlub Actually a lot of us would if we could still go to Radio Shack and get parts. I helped my daughters build their own first cameras and radios with parts I bought them are Radio Shack. Can’t do that for the grandchildren
Watch out for Facebook in a few years..
If FB has not spent all those money to buy their way out, they would have gone...
estevez66 They were getting stronger, now they're slowly falling down the ladder
FB is having instagram and whatsapp
This is a reflection of our evolution. New generations wil create something new, if it's better or it's worse is not relevant, simply by being "new" it will stick and push out the old. Our brains just want something *different* .
People still use fb?
How did Nokia release the first mobile handheld telephone in 1987 when Motorola had already released the DynaTAC back in 1984?
FaceMagee he said consumer smartphone. The DynaTAC was manly for business and commercial use and was very expensive
Please correct #8:
Pan Am flight 103 was a flight from London to New York (with connections from Frankfurt & onto Detroit) that was blown up in Dec. 1988.
The Gulf War began when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990 and the US-led ground offensive started in February 1991 after a month of bombing by air.
So, the Pan Am bombing did not happen during the Gulf War, though it did go bankrupt at that time. Other American airlines like TWA also had international terrorism incidents, but Pan Am was in bad financial shape.
Also, FYI, in the end Pan Am tried to stay solvent by selling off its few assets, its routes and landing rights, which obviously didn't work as that was the most important part of the airline.
I was about to write the same thing !
They had waaay too many 747s to begin with..and most of them are -100s instead of the more capable -200. They also overpaid for National.
Agreed the Pan am bombing happened in the 80s.when Reagan was president.I forget which term.
Callie Masters pan am flight 103 was a flight that began in Frankfurt then was due for stops in London and New York before finishing in Detroit
Callie Masters so Frankfurt to Detroit would be correct
Sony Walkman came out in Early 80s not 90s
thats true but the sony walkman was still running the show for a lot of the 90's
The Walkman was released in 1979, dumb ass. If you're going to correct someone at least get the date right.
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Not really. Once the Discman and Discman Sport came out it became obsolete.
A lot of people I knew still used the Walkman because you could chose what songs you had one the tape and the trouble with early Sony Discman's was that they would skip a lot! it was a while before they got the three second job protection, the portable CD players with jog protection tended to be more costly and the cassette players were more reliable and they had better battery life.
79-2001 when crapple and I sheep robbed them.
Blockbuster went bust. How poetic.
Makes me happy. I remember on one of my phones the Blockbuster app being part of bloatware that plagued the system. That's one thing that can totally kill any respect or care I may have for a company or program.
Nokia will be around forever since the phones can’t be destroyed
Agree
True, back in the day my Nokia and I'm sure you know which one we all had it. But anyway I was pouring a driveway and it slipped out my shirt pocket. Didn't realize until after the driveway was done poured and nice and smooth. Had my friend call my phone, we followed it right to the driveway. Which had begun to harden. One week later it still rang when called. As the battery died you could hear a little beep. I wonder if it's still there. Would love to ask that home owner if I could get it out the driveway if I laid a new driveway. I'm sure it would still work. As for modern day ones I doubt it.
they can be destroyed, you just aren't trying......
however that said yeah under normal circumstances Nokia can usually take damage other phones can't...but I still prefer the other phones...[Android OS] LG, Sony or Nexus are my choices, I will not even consider Samsung and I don't do Iphone either....
They don't need phones. They own Alcatel Lucent now who makes a large share of cell tower equipment. Nokia Airscale BBU's are being installed by all the carriers at cell sites right now
Well, Microsoft kinda destroyed Nokia.
Were is Myspace on the list??🤔🤔🤷♂️🤷♂️
lol omg MySpace wooow memories !
To quote Doctor Who: "My Gran used to put things on Tumblr." (Kill the Moon)
Social media adapts so fast that even the next big thing might just last for a year or two. Myspace went the way of the dodo, let's see how long it takes facebook to go the same path.
And the Hi 5?
I'm crying :(
Anyway, the founder has sold for 4 milion dollars before the ship sank. Not so stupid.
basically most company failed due to not adopting to change
That about sums it up. I wonder what that percentage of that is.
Or adapting.
they don't want to invest .
Yeah and it's always the senior management that does it. FOG's that get big bucks and don't produce a damn thing. Then they get paid off and the folks that did the work get both parts on nothing.
*Adapting
“Easy to use interface such as iTunes”??!? Are you for real?
davewave1982 it used to be easy atleast for me, the newer itunes are much fiddly and I'm always lost on where my music was folder wise
Yess iTunes used to be a gift from god.
davewave1982 remember the first few years when so many bands refused to put their music on iTunes... so you sometimes needed two devices (like a Walkman) one for music you like, one for music iTunes would let you buy.
Thomas Shipley Only if you were an idiot that didnt know how to borrow and rip cds or use napster, limewire, etc.
Joe Digger yeah I was one of those idiots who did not steal the music from Napster or lime wire but paid for all his content.
I still miss cassettes and walkmans...
No thrill to listening musics these days
Great video!!! Keep it going!
I remember "Borders"...I use to love that store.
I loved almost all companies mentioned in the video, so did many people
went there for the cd's and the game magazines
Boarders always kept it's stores neat and organized. It seems like Barnes and Noble stores are always trashed unless you are in a store that is in a really affluent area.
But hey, at this point, Barnes and Noble is basically a neighborhood bookstore so we might as well support them.
Place was craaaazy expensive. Everything was overpriced.
Friggle Dee It really was overpriced on everything except actual books. I still liked it. It just had a good atmosphere.
REALLY GREAT DOCUMENTARY. The voice compression on the narrator is just right! CHEERS!
Another fool who doesn't understand Kodak.
During the film era, Kodak, Fuji and Agfa (the three big makers of color film) had a gentleman's agreement with the camera companies: the film companies won't make SLRs and the camera companies won't make film. When digital came onto the scene, Kodak knew they could make point & shoots without violating their pledge, and introduced the extremely successful Easy Share line. When the camera-toting world moved to digital SLRs, Kodak was left behind.
Now, this is why Kodak went bankrupt: Eastman Kodak was actually a chemical company. One of their product lines was photography supplies...but they made most of their money selling things like acetate fibers, polyesters, fine and specialty chemicals, explosives, and gelatin. They were also the third-biggest vendor in the high-volume copying business.
Kodak got rid of all that and tried chasing the buck in the commercial print market. Since they didn't want to invent their own plates and own machines, they bought their way into the market...by purchasing the least popular plate company and the least popular prepress equipment manufacturer. The only thing that was really wrong with Polychrome (the plate company they got) was price; I've used a LOT of Polychrome plates and never had reason to complain. Of course, right after they bought Polychrome they raised the prices. Their equipment vendor was a different story: CreoScitex's platesetter was called the Lotem, which was a piece of shit. It broke down ALL the time and sometimes for no reason.
So...when you get rid of all your profitable businesses and replace them with products no one wants to buy, you go broke.
I remember when Borders was big in the UK. They were one of the first shops to have cafes inside and you could go into the cafe and read the books, which perhaps is what made the books less desirable to buyers. They also took over Books Etc which was a major British bookshop chain. I remember when Borders opened up in Kingston not long after I moved here; I used to spend hours in there, with or without a coffee. I can still remember being in there like it was yesterday. Their magazine stalls were great as well. You could get pretty much anything that was on sale and that included American titles that were difficult to get elsewhere, particularly Smith's (the major British newsagent chain). The Kingston one is now a Next clothing store (though the Starbucks remained, for a while, and then they lost the concession to Costa).
The major cause of them going under in the UK was actually the Woolworth's bankruptcy -- they were reliant on Woolworth's for a lot of their supplies (especially records) and when they went under, Borders couldn't get stock anymore. Also, in some areas print books *really* went out of fashion, computer books being a major one. Look in the computer section of any big bookshop (e.g. Foyle's in London) and see how it's shrunk from the early 2000s -- it used to take up a whole, big room then, now it's just a few racks.
RIP Blockbuster. I still remember my old Blockbuster store which is now a Ford dealership.
I believe there is still one left - in Bend, Oregon. :)
Well done! Good video!!
Walkman isnt a failure
By the way thanks for the likes dude
Outdated yes but not a failure
It was cassette tapes that is outdate on the Walkman brand. That brand is basically now a digital media play just like the iPod.
+PLAYER APAKEK The cassette Walkman must have been amazing, because I paid $75 for one when I was a teenager. It was built like a tank and I had it for nine years, until I bought a CD Walkman. That cost $250 in 1989. And I used it for ten years until I gave it away. Much of the black paint was worn off but it still worked perfectly.
Wisconsin222 Walkman has iPod like models not digital mp3 players of higher than iPod.
Robert Kelly There where Sony Ericsson phones with the Walkman Logo printed on them. The idea was that this phone would allow you to easily listen to MP3 files on the go much like you would use a cassette player, in high fidelity. At that time (mid 2000's) Those would be one of the longest lasting MP3 players due to the mobile phone battery - only rivaled by Creative's Zen Nano players who also had a good output range.
About Sony:
One reason wasn’t mentioned. Sony fell behind also because they were heavily opposed to the idea of downloadable music. The company was already entrenched in several piracy battles at that time. Can't really blame them. It must have seemed obvious NOT to develop brand name mp3 players because that would only encourage and normalize the very download craze they were tying to eradicate. Lacking foresight, Sony's failed to realize they could cash in on the craze, simply by offering a legal alternative to music download. Apple did, because they realized that downloads is the way of the future, and people aren't gonna stop, ever.
I had a Sony Walkman tape player in the early 2000's and blasted Linkin Park and Cranberries all day from it.
I also used to love going to Blockbuster and renting tacky horror films.
My older brother also had one of those Nokias with snakes on.
I'm only in my early 20's and feel so old watching these videos.
The reason why I watched this kind of videos...informative and satisfying. Thanks
The lesson here is that if you don't adapt to changes in technology you'll fail. You'll have to change with the market to stay relevant.
Its actually amazing how much Yahoo failed imagine the power they would have of they bought Google.
Very informative. I like how you also showed missed opportunities that would had made the companies unstoppable.
Jesus turn down the music, could barely hear what's being said.
🤣🤣🤣💥💀!!
I didn't even notice the music til I read your comment
You didn't miss much.
Are you praying or do you really think Jesus made this video?
@@bindardundat454
Ha..haa...
Kodak didn't so much 'come back' from bankruptcy as have the brand sold off to be slapped on generic products the current CEO is little more than a brand manager. The mistake regarding digital was as a result of a change of CEO from the visionary George Fisher who had diversified the company and pioneered digital photography to Daniel Carp. This turned out to be a terrible choice. Carp was a career Kodak employee with a background in administration. He saw the money poured into new ventures and summarily cut R&D spending. He was convinced that Kodak was all about little yellow boxes and would be into the foreseeable future. He sold off all the new ventures and for a while the sell-offs kept the company afloat but the end was never in doubt. I used to work in Kodak R&D so I have first hand knowledge.
Sharper Image was a catalogue of overpriced toys. Anything they sold could be found elsewhere for substantially less.
There have been a lot of those types of stores and/or catalogs. Some of them are still around, just not highly visible any more. Sharper Image had a dramatic failure as described.
Really enjoyed it, thanks!
R.E. House
It’s not called Nokiiiia but nOkia!
I had to scroll waaayyyyy down, but finally I found the comment I was looking for.
Man you need to not take everything so seriously. Before the internet, what did you do, go around correcting people. Grammer police loser. Stay off the comments if you're that fragile!! 😆
@@drewbravo1873 *Grammar. Loser.
Nokia is No kia
Was pronounced Knockia in Australia.
I sometimes honestly miss Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. It was a chance to mingle, but it was also fun to walk around and guess which movies were out of stock.
"9 WORST Company Failures!"
*Shows Sony and Apple in the thumbnail, arguably the two most successful tech companies ever*
You watched it so they succeeded
If Apple is a huge success, perhaps Apple should buy the rights to Atari and Intellivision as a takeover creating the next game console not only playing 4K UHD games with 4K UHD disks between 100GB to 200GB, but also play all 4K UHD, Blu-Ray and DVD movies also. The RAM should be between 16GB to 32GB with the fastest Intel computer processor either the I7 or I9 as an alternative. Hope that happens soon.
If it wasn't for PlayStation brand sony would be on this list
It's basically what Sony's got left (even bad on mobile phones, no TV's anymore and their movie studios are now "2nd level" along the big worldwide studios, even AT&T recently passing them by when they bought Warner Bros.).
Apple's the biggest shill tech company really, churning out substandard products now which gullible people still think were as good as when Steve Jobs was around. Apple has long ceased to be an innovator ever since he died and is now just playing catch-up to the real innovators today.
2:10 Pan Am 103, the Lockerbie bombing, took place in 1988, two years before the Gulf War.
Matthew Smith indeed.
That was pretty bad.
Yes you’re correct Lockerbie was before The Gulf War. Makes me question the credibility of this whole video
You should have included Commodore.
And Atari!
9 worst company tech... *Shows iPod on thumbnail, the best MP3 player*
WRONG! many of these were just the initial or earlier technology. That's how technology often works. They are not "fails". Your definition of fails would mean everything is a fail.
Learn how things work.
They're not saying the technology failed idiot. They're saying the company failed to adapt to change.
Maplenerd22 you are correct. I meant my comment for a different video. It had flip phones and stuff and were calling them technology fails. But I am an idiot for other reasons.
Blockbuster actually had TWO chances to buy up Netflix, both in 2000 AND in 2005, both were killer deals that would have helped Blockbuster compete later, but they turned them both down thinking that the brick and mortar movie rental business was sound and would never fail. in less then 10 years, all but about 10 Blockbuster stores (and to my knowledge only 1 in the lower-continental united states) survive today.
So, in a couple if years Facebook will be over...
estevez66 yes, like PanAm, Blockbuster, Nokia was going extremely well and nevertheless failed eventually.
I think Apple will be over sooner than facebook.
estevez66 Due to lots of lawsuits and a federal investigation, they are very close to just instantly being bankrupt
Salvatore Escoti I'm inclined to agree with you. Mind you, many use facebook as a platform to fight, criticize and spread negativity rather than make friends spread love. I'm surprised it lasted this long....
estevez66 ah you said it. Thanks to instagram....
Nice video.. some great details. One 'small' mistake: In 2016 Nokia had SALES of $26 billion and a profit of -$1.47 NOT profit of $26 billion
Can't listen to the mic picking up the saliva sounds when you talk...
Kevin Orriss was wondering if anyone eles noticed
Very informative can be use in my business innovation class-dynamic changes
You got some stuff wrong do your homework.
This was
very informative thanks much
Pan American 103 went down in *1988*, NOT during the Gulf War, which started in January of *1991*!!
Update: The local Sacramento Sharper Image closed it's Arden Fair location just in the last few weeks. Are there any more locations open?
Blockbuster Late Fees...
Fee for not rewinding.
Late fees were a bit ridiculous but I get the rewinding fee when I think of how much time it would take to rewind nearly every single tape they stocked multiple times per week.
Excellent summation of some of the dumbest business moves of all time. Lack of corporate vision coupled with the short-term demands of "activist investors" will kill you every time. Outstanding work.
I actually still have a couple Sony digital walkmen / MP3 players but I can't change the music on them because the software no longer works.
Erwin Schrödinger I still use my Sony minidisc player in 2018 software works fine on win 7
Fuzzyscarfandmittens Walkmen is plural for Walkman? That’s funny or was it a type-o? (No sarcasm intended)
+Dutch landishRDM It could be. I don't know if that's the official way of talking about several of them but it's what I say because "Walkmans" just sounds weird.
Fuzzyscarfandmittens We (did) say Walkmans in the Netherlands. We have a lot of Dutchified English words in our language and many people wouldn’t hear the difference between men and man, it’s a mistake often made. But i like Walkmen ;)
+Dutch landishRDM It really doesn't matter. According to SONY, "Walkmans" is the correct way of referring to them. It's like do how the image format "GIF" is officially pronounced "Jiff" by the company that put it out and yet how many people say "Jiff" and how many people say "Giff"?
I've always preferred "walkmen".
This is *such* a good vid, and therefore is an ab-fab channel.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THOSE WHO FAIL TO ADOPT TO THE TECHNOLOGY ,FALL.
Izar Shaikh You mean 'adapt' to the technology.
Kudos for including Decca's rejection of the greatest rock group in history. But why in the world would you include a picture with Jimmy Nicol (8:20)? Especially when discussing the replacement of Pete Best with Ringo Starr? Nicol was a temporary substitute for Starr during a tour of Australia. Nicol is but an asterisk in the history of The Beatles. Very strange inclusion of that photo ...
loved that kodak instant film>
“Hey, what kind of phone do you have?”
I have a Kodak phone.
“A what?”
A Kodak phone.
“Oh, sorry. I can’t give my number to people with that phone! “
As of today it looks like you can add FACEBOOK to the list of failed companies.
John L but Facebook still have whatsapp and Instagram which are still very successful
I think pretty much all the social media sites "could" be considered a failure depending on when you look at them. Take Path and MySpace for example.
Where did they get their information from?
I Rocked tha WALKMAN🤫
Commodore (who made the C64 and Amiga computer) should also be on this list, the spectacular story of total mismanagement alone deserves an entry.
Good information but wish the narration speed was a little slower.
Sam B you could slow down
There is that option.
I miss video stores. It gave me a chance to talk to and meet new people while renting some tapes.
I never returned my copy of the goonies to blockbuster
Busted!
Felton Mitchell I think u will be ok
I presume that you are in huge debt by now as penalties for non return have accumulated to the point that you'd be buried in a huge avalanche... Just cough up your life savings at the alleyway near the abandoned warehouse around the corner and you'll be fine 😉
Hero
Your late fees can still save the company. Cough it up!
Some of the images of the Beatles don't show Pete Best, but Jimmie Nicol. A substitute drummer when Ringo was hospitalized. Jimmie Nicol joined the Beatles on a European tour through Scandinavia, the Netherlands. He left the Beatles in Australia when Ringo was recovered.
Kodak ia still a legend.
So because other companies were too afraid the risks, here comes Steve Jobs who welcomes them...
Since Blockbuster tanked there have been a bunch of variety stores renting videos again. It's as if time went backwards.
Not only that. The Video stores in Alaska are reportedly going very well. I don't know where the video got the news that they will "most likely not be around too long"....
It's because he doesn't know what he's talking about... He has probably never ever set foot there in his entire life. Just an example, video rental stores are still somewhat popular among people here (provided they don't just buy said movie) for a few good reasons.
First of all, the majority of people in Québec speak french and really are not always good in english / willing to watch something in english.
Netflix, however, [really] don't have alot of content in french for Canada. Most of the interesting stuff is in english except the occasional movie / TV show from Québec or France (very incomplete collection) or some movies translated in french but guess what. It's always the shit version from France that's completely different (and not in a good way) to what we've been used to at the cinema or when buying said movie (expressions, some words and the way they use / pronounce them as well as often completely changing the script). If I want something translated, I expect it to be translated, not completely changed because they're too stupid to understand anything or just because they're trying to reinvent the whole movie, "translating" into whatever the fuck they want that has absolutely nothing to do with the original version.
What interest is there for me to subscribe to netflix? None since they have nothing I want. If I want to watch a movie in english, I'll buy / rent from a nearby store and set the language to english instead of french or just rent / watch it for free from the on-demand channel of my cable TV provider if available. Fuck netflix.
They actually closed down the last two blockbusters in alaska only one left in Bend, Oregon now
What is the intro song name?
Lol Yahoo go buy Facebook for 1 billion and Facebook wants 1.1 billion. Lol like extra makes a difference
I remember my brother being so excited to get a blockbuster gift card for his birthday one year, gone are those days that I now have nostalgia for.
You are so wrong about SONY, i bought a SONY HDD MP3 player with 20gb storage at the same or before the time apple introduced 2 or 4 gb storage capacities
Lesson I took is always see the future and be able to innovate and know what’s next without getting comfortable with what you currently have.
Reduce music noise
finally a good honest video. clean and fact based
You forgot one of the biggest VHS compared to Beta tapes the reason VHS won Sony that owns beta would not sell to the porn industry
For that matter, what about HD DVDs, MicroSoft's big bet???
Bluray is outmoded now too. It was doomed before they pushed it out, actually.
Re: Blockbuster. When video rental stores first opened, there were some that charged quite a bit of money, but you got a LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP. Imagine how stupid those people feel.
Why do you not know how to pronounce NOKIA correctly
it's not NO...KIA
it's NOKIA
just like SONY is not SO.... NEE but, SONY
you see to be able to pronounce every company correctly
but somehow NOKIA escapes you
Martin Kuliza And that bothers you because?
@Gaurav Verma
it doesn't bother me.
i was just commenting..
i just find it strange that he pronounced everything else correctly but not Nokia.
but... it doesn't actually bother me per se
You say Tomato, I say Tomato. We just say them differently.
@fix it Mann
No mate......
you can say that about TOMATOE and TOMATO if you like (which you didn't by the way)
point being... basic objects, yes..we say them different depending on where we are from
but things like names of places... Take MELBOURNE as an example
american's say MEL BORN and it's more like MEL BURN
and this is not debatable , WE ARE RIGHT because it's our town
take, LOS ANGELES , now i don't actually know the correct way
but i know of two way
LOS AN GEL EARS
or
LOS AN GEL ES
SO.. THERE ARE 2 WAYS and whichever america thinks is right is the right one.. end of story
now when it comes to sony and nokia
it's the way that the creators of the company pronounce them
NOT THE WAY YOU RE-INTERPRET IT
so.. it's a not a case of tomatoe vs tomato
it's... I'm right, You're wrong and you have to accept it
and it's not arrogance,
it's a fact
and the only way you can disprove me is to prove that the original creator of the name said differently to what i believe
so long story short mate
I'm in I.T. and Telecommunications
i'm telling you, you're saying it wrong
You have 2 choices
1. Learn from the mistake and move forward
or
2. make excuses and keep saying it wrong... Up to you
FYI another one American's do incorrectly is HYNUNDAI
AND TO BE FAIR another one that Australian's do incorrectly is TOYOTA
aussies say TOY O DA out of laziness
it's actually TO YO TA
point being
you can attribute some things to language, but things like patented name brands.. YOU CAN'T
the correct way is the way that the creator says is correct
even if it doesn't marry up with correct grammar it's still correct because the creator is the creator and the source of the word
this is beyond debate
it's just a question of will people accept it
or
will they be arrogant and continue to think they are right
@Spinler Muckflitt
let me answer this question like this
THIS IS A THING , it's not food
the similarity between saying SOLDER or SODER is like saying METAL or MEDAL
(while meaning to say METAL)
some people will put emphasis on the T others will say it quickly and it sounds like a D
that being said
THE ACTUAL NAME IS SOLDER
(you can google that and find pictures of solder rolls) Pronounced SOL DA
or if you prefer..
NOW.. "SO DA" Is an american term ( i believe)
it's like back in the day we can SILICON Sealant and the old blokes called it silisac or more commonly SILASTIC
SILASTIC IS A BRAND NAME
it's a brand of silicon
www.google.com.au/search?biw=1366&bih=626&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=ezHYW9fQIpXr-QaZj66YAw&q=silasac+silicon&oq=silasac+silicon&gs_l=img.3...13802.13836.0.14774.2.2.0.0.0.0.297.297.2-1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.img..1.0.0....0.Z0djBi09eCE#imgrc=COzBT1h-OfCpLM:
on a building site it's like saying GET THE HILTI
which translates to GET THE DRILL (the High Powered Drill) because HILTI is a brand
name
so back to SOLDER vs SODER
soder is incorrect SOLDER is correct
but, the term SODER just caught on and thus spawned the use of SODERING IRON
and... I'M GONNA DO SOME SODERING
and THIS IS A CRACK SODER JOINT
it's badly incorrect, but it's just so out of control now that trying to fight it is a losing battle
technically anyone who undertakes this debate
and
a) says that solder is correct WINS THE DEBATE
b) says that soder is correct IS INSTANTLY WRONG
and it can be easily proven by walking up to any roll of solder and reading it in normal english
THE L IS NOT SILENT, because it doesn't conform to the rules of the english language to be silent
so that's that
AN IMPARTIAL ANSWER IS.... SOLDER IS CORRECT
which one do i prefer to use.... I USE SOLDER and when i say SODER (which i don't) or if
anyone else say's it... it sounds weird to me
Hope that answers the question
Sony's reason for not releasing a portable digital player was that due to fearing ease of piracy, they were highly against the MP3 format, and at one time they tried to get it banned
knock-e-ahh is how you pronounce Nokia btw its Scandinavian
It's not Scandinavian, Finland is not part of Scandinavia.
Finland is often considered part of Scandinavia, with both 'cousin' like cultural similarities and 'cousin' like differences, more so than the other 3 (who have their differences too). Thanks "Legend of...": for how we're supposed to Say "Nokia.' The narrator said Nokia the way most Americans do. (No-kee-ah), rather than what you say is correct: Knock'-ee-ah
right pronounce is nnoggya.
its just pronounced differently in the states its not wrong
Why americans could not still believe that Nokia is NOT from Japan?
I remember reading that Philips invented compact cassettes and wanted other manufacturers to pay them a levy of about one dollar on each one they sold. But the likes of Sony etc refused and threatened to bring out their own versions. Philips backed down as they wanted to avoid a format war (similar to what happened with VHS and Betamax years later). So Philips gave up a small fortune.
Kodak was not a failure.
Mr. Carroll W
I agree
Mr. Carroll W it’s a failure how they’ve died when digital camera’s came instead of switching to digital photography.
Dutch landishRDM
Yes but they dominated the photography game for over 2 decades. A fall from grace maybe, but not a failure.
Dutch landishRDM
I can buy Kodak. My defintion of failure is different such as circuit city, Gateway computers, Montgomery Wards, blockbuster those are failures.
Friggle Dee ok i have to agree with you on that, it’s a shame though..
My Sony Walkman still works, but the headphones fell apart pretty quick: too fragile for portable use.
8:21 This Beatles photo does not show Pete Best OR Ringo. It's Jimmy Nicol, who for a short time filled in.
I mean, instantly you failed to mention a big reason for Kodak's decision was based on how significant of a revenue stream developing photos was for them.
what about comp u s a or circuit city?
It is not just failure to adapt but also coupled with lack of foresight. It is not everybody who can foresee that what works today may quickly become obsolete tomorrow.
In order to adapt, you need the foresight to see the change. That was implied.
The Lockerbie bombing wasn’t in the middle of the Gulf War. It was in late 1988.
I know all these companies except for the Decca records one. Never heard of them. I do miss some of these companies like Borders and Blockbuster.
Sharper Image didn’t close all stores, there’s some here in NY. There’s one in the NBC building.
Barnes and Noble just opened up a store in Columbia, Maryland in 2018. We will see how long it lasts
Great video.
Thought it was going to be another clickbait. Boy was I wrong!
When I was but a small kid, there was a Borders store in Macquarie Centre; I used to love going there. I was so disappointed and sad when I came one day, only to see the store replaced by...a JB Hi-Fi, I believe it was. I loved Borders. Such a shame.
Some products did not fail, they just died out because of newer technologies.
Alester Padua The PRODUCTS were not failures. The COMPANIES FAILED because they didn’t adapt or made bad choices. Big difference.
@8:20 The one on the far right, the ugly fucker... is that dude and the dude who plays Theon Greyjoy related? Look pretty similar to me.
Nokia phones make good paperweights, doorstops, heavy things to throw at a stupid boyfriend, window breaker, come on guys, plenty of things.
Seriously in 2002 when a friend told me about google. I already know Yahoo going be in trouble..
Best history lesson I've ever had
Amazing video lots of love from India
Nothing about my three Sony Betamax video recorders?
Sorry Netflix. A new RedBox has been placed two blocks from my house.