Insights Type: Name Reviews

B

Early yesterday, Samsung made a surprise announcement that they would be releasing two new oversized smartphones, the Galaxy Note Edge

09.04.2014
B+

In 2011, Honeywell, the world’s largest thermostat manufacturer, was blindsided by the Nest Learning Thermostat created by a couple of

08.26.2014
A-

The word is out that Facebook (via its adopted child Instagram) is getting into the ephemeral messaging game. You may

07.31.2014
B+

I confess I grinned when I spotted Ewephoria among the artisanal cheeses at my local fancy schmancy grocery store. It’s

07.25.2014
D-

As a naming specialist, I’m not a big fan of acronym brand names. Or initialisms either, for that matter. (For

07.03.2014
C

Amazon started in 1995 with the tagline “Earth’s biggest bookstore,”, but they quickly outgrew that and shifted to “Earth’s biggest

06.20.2014
B-

As a brand naming specialist who’s done product naming and company naming for hundreds of brands, it’s rare that a

06.16.2014
A+

Well, that just makes perfect sense. That was my reaction upon hearing the name of Apple’s newest operating system, “Yosemite.”

06.04.2014
B+

Microsoft has thrown its hat into the smartphone virtual-assistant ring. Introducing, Cortana, the Siri-like digital assistant that debuts with Windows

04.28.2014
A-

Dash—the newest tech from Amazon—is a wand for restocking your home’s essentials, anything from fruit to bread, batteries to paper

04.10.2014

Don’t know your Aphesis from your Euphemism?