“With 2010 about to draw to a close, we’re taking a look back at some of the big products and moves in tech that just didn’t work out,” Jay Yarow writes fro The Business Insider. “Google had more flops in 2010, by our count, than any other company. (Microsoft is second.)”
The Business Insider’s 15 Biggest Flops In Tech For 2010:
15. The Nexus One
14. Palm, Inc.
13. Hot Potato
12. AOL’s Seed platform
11. BlackBerry Torch
10. Google Wave
9. Twitter’s Early Bird
8. Google TV
7. Gowalla
6. Apple iTunes Ping
5. The Crunchpad/JooJoo
4. Yahoo’s “It’s ‘Y!ou’” campaign
3. Google Buzz
2. The HP Slate 500
1. Microsoft’s Kin phones
Read the full article, with descriptions of each flop, here.
MacDailyNews Take: Ping is a flop. And, unless and until Apple integrates it with social networks that people actually use, it will remain a flop.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "JES42" for the heads up.]
5 Day Most Commented