Movie Pass
Great idea! For $9.95 per month, subscribers could watch a movie per day at their local cinema. The MoviePass business model was too good to be true.
Amazon Dash
These wifi-connected buttons could order everything from condoms to cat food. Even toilet paper.
Apple Puck Mouse
Apple USB Mouse was commonly called the "Hockey puck” because of its unusual round shape.
Apple butterfly keyboard
This keyboard was much thinner than earlier designs, but the construction was fragile and unreliable.
Facebook Libra
Libra was Facebook’s dream of a unified global currency. A new digital currency backed by the worlds largest social networking company.
Microsoft Tay
This clever AI chatbot was designed to engage and entertain young Americans with playful conversation.
Logbar Ring
The company raised nearly a million dollars on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter.
Olivetti Envision
The computer was unusually stylish. To appeal to people not used to computers
Apple Pippin
Pippin was Apple’s failed gaming console. It was on the market for two years.
No Man’s Sky
“The worst game of the year”, “Biggest lie of 2016”, “Disappointment of the year”
NHS National Programme for IT
An integrated digital patient record system would reform the way that the NHS uses information technology.
Facebook Gifts
Facebook Gifts was a clumsy attempt at e-commerce by a company desperate to start making money.