Most of us know the products that worked out just fine. Naturally, because we do a lot of information about the success of the product. For information on product failures are rarely published in the media. Maybe because it's bad news or maybe none of the failure of the product concerned. In fact, of the failures we can learn to not fail in making a product. Sometimes what makes a product that fails not because of poor quality, especially because of errors introduced into the consumer way. When speaking of the features provided, some products that are considered failing not lose much with the features of its competitors.
For whatever reason the failure of the products of this technology, we still have to take a lesson. These products are considered technology as a product failed in 2012.
Colour
Colour is an application for sharing photos and video. This application is only in Apple products only. Having faded in mid-year 2012 ended December 31 Colour officially closed. This failure is quite large, Colour has spent about U.S. $ 41 million during the operation. Now all engineers already in the acquisition by Apple which is worth about U.S. $ 2 - $ 5 million. One reason for the failure of this product is overshadowed by many rivals like Pinterest, Instagram, and YouTube that much is already known on the Internet. Feature is also not much different from those websites. So interested people to use it is also very minimal.
Meebo
Meebo is an instant messaging application and browser-based release Meebo bar. Tool bar can be used for chat users on various sites such as TV Guide, TMZ and Entertainment Weekly. But a week after it was acquired by Google, Meebo immediately announced that they would be closed. Meebo facility now can we find in Google+. This is the main reason why Meebo cap and failed mepertahankan his company. Although already in Google+ still is not very popular feature for Google+ is also not as popular as rivals like Facebook and Twitter.
The Daily
The year 2012 seems to be the beginning of the splendor of the tablet and smartphone products. It is also used by various companies to create reader apps, especially for the news content. Indeed, many consumers are intense reading news via tablet or smartphone but many apps that provide such services, including applications that come from news providers themselves. The Daily is a product fail readers. This application is created for the iPad, and because of competition, they announced his company will be closed on December 15.
PicPlz
PicPlz created initially to rival Instagram. But the developers failed in its mission. June 2012 they announced that the company had shut down all activity on PicPlz. In fact, had been heralded in the App Store and the Android Market. Instagram fame submerge this application, so no one cares if they go out of business.
Nexus Q
Product failure is not an application. It is a hub for Android to other devices such as TV, LCD, LED for streaming music, HD video, film and other langusng of Google Play. However it is yet to materialize in 2012. The plan of this product was launched in July, but, until now there is no news about the product. This product is scheduled to be sold at a price of U.S. $ 299. The question is, consumers can stream movies for free? If not free why spend that much? If free, movie producers protest will come.
Kodak Gallery
Kodak was once famous enough to roll affair photos. When switching to digital format even this company gets shocks. Pad In July 2012, Kodak Gallery which contains photos of the Kodak dialihakan acquisition of Ofoto to Shutterfly. But projects like photo slideshow, photo book did not participate removed. On December 19, Kodak agreed to sell the digital-imaging patents 1.100 to various companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook. The total value of the patent is U.S. $ 525 million.
Oink
After failing to sell Digg in times of glory, once again the entrepreneur Kevin Rose had witnessed their products again failed. All activities on this one application is closed. Milk Inc., As the company announced that application developers Oink was closed in March 2012. This application failed in the application of competition in 2012, but this was unsuccessful applications in the App Store
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