TECHNOLOGY FAILED THIS TIME
1. MICROSOFT VISTA
Microsoft's operating system Vista released worldwide on January 30, 2007. The most recent generation of the company's flagship product operating system, Vista was aimed to improve the security of the most widely used PC operating system in the world.
However, according to most software reviews, the securities features were not much better than the previous versions of Windows. The fact that Vista came with its own list of hardware requirements for the users too acted as a dampener in the operating system's popularity.
Many analysts even claimed that Vista ran slower on PCs than XP. These factors prevented Vista from taking over from its predecessors, according to the magazine. According to research site Net Applications, as of last month Vista's global share of PC operating systems was less than 24 per cent, while Windows XP had 62%and Apple's OS X product had over 9%
However, according to most software reviews, the securities features were not much better than the previous versions of Windows. The fact that Vista came with its own list of hardware requirements for the users too acted as a dampener in the operating system's popularity.
Many analysts even claimed that Vista ran slower on PCs than XP. These factors prevented Vista from taking over from its predecessors, according to the magazine. According to research site Net Applications, as of last month Vista's global share of PC operating systems was less than 24 per cent, while Windows XP had 62%and Apple's OS X product had over 9%
THIS WAS THE REASON WINDOWS 7 CAME INTO PLAY VERY SOON
2. HD-DVD
The year 2008 saw the death of HD-DVD, putting an end to the long-going high-definition format war. At Consumer Electronic Show in January, just hours before the HD-DVD group was due to hold a press conference, Warner Bros film studio announced that it was withdrawing its support for HD-DVD, and instead would be exclusively backing rival format Blu-ray.
The year 2008 saw the death of HD-DVD, putting an end to the long-going high-definition format war. At Consumer Electronic Show in January, just hours before the HD-DVD group was due to hold a press conference, Warner Bros film studio announced that it was withdrawing its support for HD-DVD, and instead would be exclusively backing rival format Blu-ray.
3. PALM
Next debacle of the past decade, is Palm. The company which pioneered smartphones is staring a bleak future at a time when smartphones are hottest property in the gadget world.
Palm produced both a portable wireless device and an operating system for portable hardware devices and desktops. The company launched its Palm Pilot hardware device in 1996 as a personal organizer. In 1999, it released its Palm V. The Palm Treo smartphone was developed by Handspring which Palm acquired.
In the quarter that ended in September 2005, Palm sold 470,000 Treo units, up 160 per cent same quarter the year before. During this time, three companies dominated the smartphone market: Palm, Research-In-
Palm produced both a portable wireless device and an operating system for portable hardware devices and desktops. The company launched its Palm Pilot hardware device in 1996 as a personal organizer. In 1999, it released its Palm V. The Palm Treo smartphone was developed by Handspring which Palm acquired.
In the quarter that ended in September 2005, Palm sold 470,000 Treo units, up 160 per cent same quarter the year before. During this time, three companies dominated the smartphone market: Palm, Research-In-
4. Microsoft Zune
Microsoft's Zune was launched in November 2006 as an rival to Apple iPod which had been in the market since 2001 and dominated the multimedia player and music download business globally.
The software giant managed to get the four largest music labels to sign licensing agreements with the company. However, the company could not manage to excite customers. between the launch date and mid-2007 only 1.2 million Zune players were sold. In May 2008, Microsoft said that it had sold two million players since its launch.
The Wall Street Journal reported that revenue from the Zune player was $85 million during the 2008 holiday season compared to $185 million in the same period in 2007. Apple's iPod revenue during the last quarter of 2008 was $3.37 billion. And now APPLE is ruling the industry.
The software giant managed to get the four largest music labels to sign licensing agreements with the company. However, the company could not manage to excite customers. between the launch date and mid-2007 only 1.2 million Zune players were sold. In May 2008, Microsoft said that it had sold two million players since its launch.
The Wall Street Journal reported that revenue from the Zune player was $85 million during the 2008 holiday season compared to $185 million in the same period in 2007. Apple's iPod revenue during the last quarter of 2008 was $3.37 billion. And now APPLE is ruling the industry.
5. YOUTUBE
YouTube is the world's largest video sharing site. According to comScore, 99.7 million viewers watched 5.9 billion videos on YouTube.com in the US during March 2009. However, the fact that the company despite being a no. 1 and huge user base is still struggling to make profit is what makes it a part of the list.
YouTube was bought by Google in November 2006 for $1.65 billion. However, according to Time article, "YouTube has not come up with a model to make money by either selling advertising or charging for premium content, even though it has an a enormous audience and library of content."
Compounding the problem is YouTube's considerable expenses, including the cost of bandwidth, content licensing, ad-revenue shares, hardware storage, and sales and marketing, which equal roughly $711 million, landing the video site in the red for this fiscal year.
YouTube was bought by Google in November 2006 for $1.65 billion. However, according to Time article, "YouTube has not come up with a model to make money by either selling advertising or charging for premium content, even though it has an a enormous audience and library of content."
Compounding the problem is YouTube's considerable expenses, including the cost of bandwidth, content licensing, ad-revenue shares, hardware storage, and sales and marketing, which equal roughly $711 million, landing the video site in the red for this fiscal year.
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