Top 10 Tech Fails of 2012
Most Sexist Tweet Award: ASUS at Computex
At this year’s Computex in Taiwan, ASUS tweeted a picture of its Transformer AIO with the caption, “The rear looks pretty nice. So does the new Transformer AIO.” Trouble was, the photo also highlighted the backside of a young woman who was showcasing the Transformer.
After understandably receiving tons of backlash, ASUS deleted the tweet. Then Digital Marketing Manager Tim Smalley released an apology, blaming a third party that had access to the company’s social media accounts. ASUS also sent out an apology tweet, but that didn’t stop the negative social media buzz.
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December 11th, 2012 at 3:55 pm
I think the Asus thing is hilarious. The shared data plan is criminal. And Blackberry is in serious trouble.
December 13th, 2012 at 4:22 am
LOL, an orb for the Google Nexus Q. That should have been stopped as soon as someone said “orb.” Poor Blackberry can’t really do anything right, what happened to them, really do like the phones & hope that 2013 will be better for them. Why in the world would Asus put USB ports in the back of the laptop, good concept just bad execution. The shared plans are ridiculous, thank goodness they still have single plans. Dell is one of the worst computer makes ever and their support is not any better. Never did get any help with my Dell computer when I was trying to back-up the system. Never did figure out what the problem was and just gave up, will never purchase another Dell computer again.