Nov 23
They Sounded Stupid Once: Tech Names That Are Now Household Words
Posted in: Apple, Google, Miscellaneous Tech, Today's Chili, Yahoo
The Nintendo Wii, Amazon.com, the Apple iPod. They’re some of the biggest names in the tech world. They’re names that are nearly as recognizable these days as, say, Coke or McDonald’s. It’s hard to imagine, but they all seemed pretty ridiculous at first.
The art of naming a product is a delicate one indeed–and let’s be honest, the success of a name is often times largely dependent on the success of the product itself. After the jump, we take a walk down memory lane to revisit all of those tech names that seemed like they’d never sound normal.
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