The worlds first MP3 player was sold in 1997 by a Korean company called SaeHan Information Systems. It was introduced in the US in 1998 as the EigerMan F20V. While it was not the first ever digital music player, it was the first that was commercially available. Thing is, you don’t remember it do you? It would be another 4 years until apple introduce the iPod – now you’ve heard of that, right?

Is it really a case of innovate or die..? Makes you think…

“Among business gurus, few things are as unquestioned as the notion that innovation is the route to success. “Innovate or die!” goes one mantra, usually followed by a hackneyed reference to everyone’s favourite innovator, Thomas Edison, whose persistence resulted in the invention of the lightbulb. (What appeared above his head when he got the idea?) Yet if innovation was a surefire way for companies to achieve dominance, the world – or consumer capitalism, anyway – might look very different. If you’re British, you’re unlikely to have eaten a burger at White Castle, the chain that invented fast food; it’s even less likely you’ve drunk RC Cola, the first cola, or paid for either with a Diners Club card: all were innovators, now long eclipsed. Nor, if you’re wondering, am I writing this on a Remington Rand computer.” Read the full article here…