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Biggest Tech Flops of All Time: The Picturephone

On January 19, 2018 in All, Audio, General, Sensors, Wireless by Barry Manz

Flops in technological development are nothing new, but how do they relate? They were led by bright minds who ignored customer sentiment.

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Tagged With: AT&T, Bell Laboratories, Bell Labs, Bell System, development, Picturephone, smartphone , technological, telephone, videoconference, Videophone, videotelephony, World’s Fair

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