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  • Giving Candy A Bad Name (Ayds Diet Candy - the Corona Beer of the Early 80's)

    03/05/2020 12:21:11 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 26 replies
    Tedium ^ | Sep 20, 2018 | Ernie Smith
    The surprisingly true story of Ayds, a diet suppressant candy that was incredibly successful until its name became forever associated with something else.Today in Tedium: A few years ago, the wireless industry thought it could win a potentially lucrative game—that of the mobile wallet, which was just starting to get off the ground thanks to the smartphone. They had all the elements in place to pull it off, including support of most of the major wireless providers. But there was a problem—the name. Back in 2010, naming a technology product ISIS Wallet might have seemed like a novel idea, but...