In 1990s almost everybody knew the Kodak brand name. The company's products were sold everywhere from little shops to supermarkets. At the height of its success, Kodak was among the most popular and most expensive companies in the world such as Disney, McDonalds and CocaCola.

A few years ago the company filed for bankruptcy.

Apple Newton MessagePad is the prototype of the modern iPad, The Newton project was launched by the tech giant in 1980s. The gadget with inbuilt hard disk looked like a sheet of paper with a liquid crystal surface. The product received the market's thumbs-up, however the interest to the computer waned a few years after the start of sales. In 1997, the project was closed as it was considered unpromising.

Amstrad is one more popular tech brand of the last century. The youth of today may have never heard of such a company, but those who were young in 1980s remember personal computers of this brand. Their operating system was one of the most powerful.

In the early 20th century, typewriters were the main technological breakthrough. Then Camillo Olivetti founded the eponymous brand. Olivetti did not focus on the production of typewriters only - in 1960s the brand rolled out computers and programmable calculators. Olivetti products enjoyed popularity until the Intel brand emerged.

People of the 21st century are familiar with Intel and AMD, the two processor market giants. But few people know that Fairchild Semiconductor was the leading company in this segment in the last century. The firm was at the peak of its popularity in 1960s. Interestingly, its founders Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore founded Intel as well. So the success of Intel is somewhat a continuation of Fairchild Semiconductor's success.

Men whose childhood was in 1990s know what Super Nintendo is. The game console can be called a symbol of the end of the second millennium. The fans of the Japanese brand remained loyal to it until 2007 when the company said it would no longer repair the consoles.