Bad technologies emerge every day, and most quickly and quietly vanish. Sadly some of them stick around beyond their natural expiration date. Here is a list of three apps that don’t know when to call it quits. How did they come to be, why haven’t they died, and who’s investing their hard-earned dollars on them?
Social Media for Your Bathroom
How else, though, to explain the continued life of iPoo? As the ComputerWorld story says, this is a social network that is exactly what you think it is. It’s intended for people who are going to the bathroom and still don’t want to detach from their virtual friends. People shouldn’t talk on their cell phones when they’re sitting on the toilet. They shouldn’t post messages to their online friends about what they just had for dinner, either.
Tacos Through the Air
Most of us like fast food tacos, but what if you are at home and want those tacos delivered?
That is where the TacoCopter comes in. They want to deliver tacos throughout California’s Silicon Valley using helicopter drones. This service is not operational yet and we’ll see if it ever gets off the ground, pun intended.
A Stranger Is Only a Friend You Haven’t Met?
If you feel like your Facebook page can use more friends you may use the new service called Airtime. It collects details about your likes and interests and finds those who have similar interests. If you don’t like the strangers that it brings up for you, you can click the “next” button to move on to the next person. This service is just for those people lonely enough to sort through the often sketchy world of online strangers.
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