Launched in 1987, HyperCard was a tool for making tools – Mac users could use Hypercard to build their own mini-programs to balance their taxes, manage sports statistics, make music – all kinds of individualized software that would be useful (or fun ...
Launched in 2010 and discontinued in 2011, the Dell Streak was unable to compete with the Apple iPad. In 2011, the Apple iPad sold 50 million tablets in 2011, while all rivals combined sold 1 million.
With NeXT, Jobs wanted to create computers for universities and researchers. NeXT was a project where Jobs could regain the control he had lost at Apple, and he was confident enough in this idea to invest $12 million of his own money. In 1988, NeXT ...
In 2014, Nokia phone failed as it failed to adapt to the competition posed by Apple's iPhone and Google's Android.
Launched in 2000, Apple's Power Mac G4 Cube was conceived by Steve Jobs as a powerful, miniaturized desktop computer. It was discontinued a year later due to the high cost of the machine compared to its power, its limited expandability, and cosmeti ...
In 2015, Galileo was an iOS-controlled, robotic motion platform for iPhones and iPod Touches. It allowed someone to mount an iphone to the device and remotely rotate it horizontally and vertically for filming. It was invented by the folks that inve ...
Released in 1983, "Lisa" stood for "Local Integrated Software Architecture" and was also the name of Steve Jobs' oldest daughter. Lisa's user experience was sluggish, while its $9,995 price tag ($27,978 in 2022 dollars) was only affordable for the ...
Released in 1980 and discontinued in 1984, the Apple III was dogged by many design faults, such as chips coming out of sockets, real time clocks not working, and excessive heat problems due to over populated boards.
