Technology Brands and Products

Motorola's name combines 'motor' (from motor car) with 'ola' (from Victrola, a popular phonograph/radio brand). The company specialized in car radios, hence the 'motor' reference.

IBM earned the nickname "Big Blue" from its distinctive blue logo and the blue color prominently used in its products and corporate branding since the 1960s. The nickname reflects the company's dominant presence in the technology industry.

The Goldstriker iPhone 3GS Supreme, created by Stuart Hughes, was valued at approximately $3.2 million due to its 271 grams of gold and 53 diamonds. Note: Rankings of 'most expensive' can change as new luxury phones are released.

The tagline 'There's always a smarter way' was used by Spice Mobiles in their advertising campaigns. This type of question tests knowledge of popular brand slogans and taglines used in Indian advertising.

'Software powers the Internet' was Oracle's slogan, emphasizing their database and enterprise software infrastructure that underpins much of the modern internet. Polaroid is instant photography, Apple Computer makes hardware/software but this isn't their slogan, and CNET is a tech media company.

IBM used the motto 'Think' from the 1920s, and Apple later adopted 'Think Different' in the 1990s. This is a well-documented piece of technology and advertising history.

Apple Computer's famous 1997-'Think Different' campaign celebrated those who 'think outside the box', though the exact phrase in the question is a slight paraphrase. Cisco, Intel, and CNET did not use this tagline. The reference is to Apple's iconic brand philosophy.

NOKIA, founded in Finland in 1865, became the world's dominant mobile phone manufacturer in the 1990s and early 2000s. While Samsung is now the market leader, Nokia's legacy and brand recognition make it the iconic answer for cell phone popularity during their peak era.

In American English, 'mobile' is called 'cellphone' or 'cell phone'. 'Mobile' and 'mobilephone' are more British English terms. 'Handsfree' refers to a device, not the phone itself.

Greg Brown has been the Chairman and CEO of Motorola Solutions since 2022 (Motorola split into Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions in 2011). Carlos Ghosn is associated with Nissan/Renault, Marten Mickos with MySQL/cloud technology, and John J. Mack with Morgan Stanley.

Bill Gates founded Corbis in 1989 as a digital image licensing and archival company. Corbis acquired the Bettmann Archive and built a massive collection of historical and contemporary images. Getty Images was founded by Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein; Pixar was founded by Ed Catmull and others (later acquired by Steve Jobs); Pixels is not a real company in this context.

WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a wireless broadband communication technology that provides high-speed internet access over long distances. It's a standards-based technology in the IEEE 802.16 family, used for last-mile connectivity and mobile broadband.

RadioShack is correct - it was a major American retailer specializing in consumer electronics, including audio equipment, computers, cameras, and various electronic components. Despite its name suggesting radio services, it evolved into a general electronics retailer before filing for bankruptcy in 2015 and 2017.

IBM is correctly nicknamed Big Blue, a term coined due to its corporate blue color scheme and the blue suits traditionally worn by its employees. TCS, Infosys, and Wipro are all Indian IT companies without such nicknames. IBM earned this name in the 1960s-80s when it dominated the computer industry.