Technology Brands and Products

'Think Different' was Apple's iconic advertising campaign launched in 1997, marking the company's turnaround under Steve Jobs' return. The campaign celebrated iconic figures who changed the world through their thinking and creativity. IBM's slogan is 'Think', Accenture uses 'High performance. Delivered.', and Microsoft's is 'Empowering us all'.

Energizer's 'It keeps going, and going, and going...' slogan refers to their famous battery mascot, the Energizer Bunny, which symbolizes long-lasting power. The campaign debuted in 1989 and became iconic for demonstrating Energizer's superior battery life compared to competitors. Amaron, Duracell ('Telecom. Power. We keep you connected'), and Philips have different positioning.

'Invent' was HP's (Hewlett-Packard) corporate slogan emphasizing their legacy of innovation in technology. The slogan reflected HP's history of invention in computing, printing, and enterprise solutions. IBM ('Think'), Oracle ('Can we do that? Yes we can'), and Microsoft ('Empowering us all') have different corporate slogans.

Dr. Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first practical mobile phone call on April 3, 1973, using a prototype of the DynaTAC phone. He called Joel Engel at Bell Labs to demonstrate the achievement. While Nathan Stubblefield and George Sweigert worked on wireless communication, Cooper's invention was the first true handheld mobile phone that led to commercial products.

Francis Robbins Upton invented the first electric fire alarm system in 1890. His system used telegraph technology to automatically signal fires to a central station. While BRK Electronics is a modern smoke alarm manufacturer and Philip W. Pratt patented an early heat-sensing device, Upton's electric alarm system was the foundation for modern fire alarm networks.

Google was founded in a garage in California in 1998. Larry Page and Sergey Brin started the company in Susan Wojcicki's garage in Menlo Park, working from this humble space before moving to a proper office.

Google was founded with 4 computers. Larry Page and Sergey Brin built their original search engine prototype using four machines at Stanford, which eventually grew into the world's largest search engine.

Historically, Google was famous for keeping products like Gmail in 'beta' status for years. At various points in the mid-2000s, roughly 45% of their consumer-facing products were technically labeled as beta.

Leaptop is a budget laptop brand from HCL, an Indian IT hardware company. HCL has been manufacturing computers in India since the 1970s and launched Leaptop as an affordable computing solution. Lenovo is Chinese (formerly IBM), Fujitsu is Japanese, and Averatec is a Korean/American brand.

MacBook Pro is Apple's premium line of laptop computers, first introduced in 2006. Apple designs and manufactures MacBook Pro models at their headquarters in Cupertino, California. Acer is a Taiwanese company, Dell is American, and Gateway was an American computer company (now defunct).

Dynabook was Toshiba's laptop brand line, originally developed and marketed by Toshiba Corporation. The other options (LG, Panasonic, Samsung) are separate electronics manufacturers with their own brands.

Precision is Dell's workstation laptop brand line, designed for professional and engineering applications. Fujitsu, Sony, and Toshiba are different computer manufacturers with their own product lines.

Vaio (Visual Audio Intelligent Organizer) was Sony's consumer laptop brand, originally introduced in 1996. Panasonic and LG are Korean electronics manufacturers, while HCL is an Indian company.

The 2009 ABU Robocon (Asia-Pacific Robot Contest) held in Tokyo, Japan, was won by the team from China (Harbin Institute of Technology).

Egypt hosted the ABU Robocon 2010 competition. ABU Robocon is an international robot competition organized by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, hosted by different countries each year.