Wow, sad news today in the technology world
@DocAndersen (54399)
United States
March 20, 2019 6:23am CST
Two technologies that I have been a long time advocate for having closed their companies doors in 2019.
Keecker, the first homepod is now no more.
Jibo, the home interactive robot is also no more.
Have you ever been an early adopter of a technology that never made it?
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
21 Mar 19
Sad they've closed but just heard them.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
21 Mar 19
They are opposite ends of the robotics market. One was designed to help children and the elderly as a companion robot. The other was a home pod or home entertainment robot.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
21 Mar 19
@florelway growing, but the cost of entry is high
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
21 Mar 19
@DocAndersen wow I wonder what caused the closure, how's the market for this kind of technology?
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@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
21 Mar 19
@DocAndersen Jobs was a stubborn and bossy manager , he killed the Apple II that had an open architecture and was a color computer to create the first black&white Macintosh that was a closed machine. The Personal PC immediately became more attractive and Apple did not take up until the iPhone.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
21 Mar 19
Jobs didn't actually have a hit until the iPhone you are right. We could argue that his merged Mac/Next system actually is a reasonable success (they do have 11% of the global computer market now). But compared tot he Apple (( (which was the dominant computer in the market) the Mac is a failure.
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@psanasangma (7910)
• India
20 Apr 19
I have never come across with this name.
Its' very sad to know, invention are always evolve and closed down. But what i understood is though it may close down idea or techniques might have been used in new development of invention
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
20 Apr 19
yeah, they are small startups that didn't catch on.
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Mar 19
I have never heard of these two companies. I admit that I'm horrible when it comes to technology.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
21 Mar 19
Nothing wrong with that they were robotic companies.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
21 Mar 19
@kepweng Apple is a dominant player in the phone and tablet market, they are not dominant nor really successful in the computer market. Linux flavors will pass Apple in overall market share in the next year or two.
The relevance of a widow having or not having a relationship has no bearing on the conversation.
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
20 Mar 19
Frustrating because of potential, sad to face reality.
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