TechCentral takes a look at eight of the biggest and most embarrassing blunders in tech history.
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Nokia’s reign as the largest phone maker in the world lasted for more than a decade. But by the early 2010s, disruptors Apple and Google were taking huge chunks out of the Norwegian brand’s market share. That same year, Samsung – building smartphones based on Android – surpassed Nokia’s market share globally.
Shortly after turning down an offer to be acquired by Amazon, Netflix co-founders Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph met with Blockbuster CEO John Antioco in September 2000. The duo believed that the video rental store chain would be a better fit for their fledgling company given the similarities in their businesses. Antioco did not share the sentiment.
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