Technology Brands and Products

Sony acquired Ericsson's stake in Sony Ericsson (their joint venture) in 2012, making it a wholly-owned Sony subsidiary. The option has a typo ('Erricson' instead of 'Ericsson'), but this is clearly the intended correct answer among the choices.

'Where do you want to go today?' was Microsoft's famous advertising slogan in the 1990s. This campaign positioned Microsoft software as an enabler of digital exploration and productivity. The slogan was widely used during the Windows 95/98 era to promote personal computing.

Onida used the famous tagline 'Neighbour's Envy, Owner's Pride' for its television sets. This iconic Indian advertising campaign positioned Onida TVs as desirable, high-quality products that would make neighbors jealous. The slogan became deeply embedded in Indian advertising history.

SAP (Systemanalyse Programmentwicklung) was founded in 1972 by five former IBM employees in Mannheim, Germany. They left IBM after a project for an enterprise-wide system was cancelled or redirected.

WebEx is a video conferencing and collaboration platform owned by Cisco Systems, which acquired it in 2007 for approximately $3.2 billion. WebEx provides online meeting, web conferencing, and videoconferencing services. IBM, Microsoft, and Web Methods are separate technology companies with their own collaboration products.

'We bring good things to life' is General Electric's (GE) slogan, highlighting their focus on innovation and technology that improves lives.

"Vorsprung durch Technik" is Audi's famous slogan meaning "Advancement through Technology" or "Lead through Technology." It has been used by Audi since the 1970s and encapsulates the brand's engineering philosophy. BMW's slogan is "Sheer Driving Pleasure," while Siemens and Daimler have different branding.

Apple has released iPod Mini, iPod Nano, and iPod Shuffle, but never an iPod Vision. iPod Touch, Classic, and U2 Special Edition were real products - Vision was never made.

Apple's first logo in 1976 depicted Sir Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree, designed by co-founder Ronald Wayne. The rainbow apple with a bite came later in 1977. The original logo referenced Newton's discovery of gravity through a falling apple.

Zoo Zoo was Vodafone's advertising character representing their voice and data services. The cute alien-like characters were used to promote Vodafone's mobile services including both voice calling and data/internet plans. Telephone and cellular phone are too generic, while 'You and I' is unrelated.

Lenovo, a Chinese multinational technology company, acquired IBM's personal computer division in 2005 for approximately $1.75 billion. This landmark deal made Lenovo the world's third-largest PC manufacturer at the time and gave it ownership of the iconic ThinkPad brand. This acquisition was part of IBM's strategic shift away from hardware toward software and services.

The Tesla Personal Supercomputer was introduced by NVIDIA in 2008 as part of their Tesla-series GPU computing products. NVIDIA developed this workstation to bring high-performance parallel computing capabilities using their GPU technology, targeting scientific and research applications.

Motorola was the first company to launch a mobile phone. On April 3, 1973, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made the first public handheld mobile phone call using the DynaTAC prototype. The phone took 10 hours to charge and offered 30 minutes of talk time. Commercial versions were launched in 1983.

Early mobile phones were large, heavy, and rectangular, earning them the nickname 'brick phones' or simply 'bricks'. The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, for example, weighed 2.5 pounds and was about the size of a brick. The term has persisted as slang for any large, outdated phone.

The 1984 film 'Sixteen Candles' is believed to be the first movie to feature a mobile phone. The character Jake Ryan uses a Motorola DynaTAC phone in the film. This was years before mobile phones became commonplace, making it a notable early appearance in popular culture.