What’s a Hulu? The Origins of 8 High-Tech Names
Posted on February 28th, 2009 by Nintendo Wii News
You know the names, but do you know where those names came from? Here are the stories behind the naming of TiVo, BlackBerry and more – including what they were almost called. 1. TiVo Can you imagine if, instead of “TiVo-ing” the latest episode of Lost , you were “Bongo-ing” it? “Bongo” and “Lasso” are just two of the 800 possible names the marketing folks kicked around before settling on TiVo. The final name was cobbled together from “TV” and the engineering acronym “I/O,” which stands
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