J. Jovan Philyaw hosted Net Talk Live.[1]
The CueCat was invented by telemarketer and talk show host Jeffry Jovan Philyaw[2], who later changed his name to J. Hutton Pulitzer. [3] Belo Corporation, parent company of the Dallas Morning News at that time, and owner of many TV stations, invested nearly $40 million in Digital Convergence, and their media outlets promoted the CueCat heavily.[4]
In the wake of the bankruptcy of Digital Convergence, inventor J. Jovan Philyaw (later known as J. Hutton Pulitzer), was accused of "conartistry". His attempt to re-invent himself in the wake of the company's collapse has been called "entertainingly psycho".[3]
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Colin J. Bennett
"Where They Are Now: J. Jovan Philyaw". FastCompany. March 1, 2004. Retrieved November 10, 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
"Digital Convergence got $37.5 million from Belo Corp. (the media company that owns the Dallas Morning News), $30 million from Radio Shack, $28 million from Young & Rubicam and even $10 million from Coca-Cola."
"turned out to be a massive flop, and — except for a few hackers who figured out how to bend the device to their own ends — lots of CueCats are now fattening landfills everywhere."
"$185 million in venture capital funds; investors included big names like Coca-Cola Co. and General Electric Co."
"failed to catch on with consumers. Unenthusiastic reviewers"
"In order to scan in codes from magazines and newspapers, you have to be reading them in front of your PC. That's unnatural and ridiculous."
"fails miserably. Using it is just unnatural."
"isn't worth installing and using, even though it's available free of charge"
References edit
- ^ "New Technology, Old Problem: Sure, you can broadcast over TV, radio and Internet simultaneously-but do you have anything to say?". D Magazine. Dallas. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Wilonsky, Robert (October 25, 2007). "CueCat Inventor Returns. With What? Not Quite Sure. Something To Do With Interwebs". Dallas Observer. Dallas. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b Celeste, Eric (April 10, 2003). "Crystal Clear". Dallas Observer. Dallas. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Celeste, Eric (June 28, 2001). "Goodbye Kitty". Dallas Observer. Dallas. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Kaufman, Leslie (October 6, 2000). "Speaking in Bar Code; Personal Scanners Link Products Directly to Consumers". New York Times. Retrieved November 10, 2001.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Stepanek, Marcia (September 28, 2000). "The CueCat Is on the Prowl: This gizmo is on the cutting edge of e-marketing. But with each swipe, it tracks your moves through cyberspace". Bloomberg Businessweek. New York City. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Bennett, Colin J. (2001). "Cookies, web bugs, webcams and cue cats: Patterns of surveillance on the world wide web". Ethics and Information Technology. Volume 3 (Number 3). Berlin: Springer Science+Business Media: 195–208. doi:10.1023/A:1012235815384. Retrieved November 10, 2001.
{{cite journal}}:|issue=has extra text (help);|volume=has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Lardinois, Frederic (January 8, 2009). "Microsoft Tag: The CueCat Returns on Your Mobile Phone". ReadWriteWeb. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Rosenberg, Scott (July 11, 2001). "CueCatastrophe: Next to the company that tried to wire Web users to bar-code scanners, money-burning dot-coms like Webvan don't look quite so bad". Salon.com. Retrieved November 10 2011.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Meyer, Katherine (May 3, 2006). "The Best of the Worst: CueCat Falls Flat". Wall Street Journal. New York City. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ {cite news | last = Mossberg, Walter S. | first = | coauthors = | title = CueCat Fails to Meet Its Promise Of Being Convenient and Useful | newspaper = Wall Street Journal | location = New York City | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = October 12, 2000 | url = http://online.wsj.com/article/SB971305166620370724.html | accessdate = November 10, 2011}}