What's your favorite tech company...

[Savage]

... and why?

[WilliWibald]

Better Place

Why: Because they will end our oil-addcition. And as a bonus we get less respiratory disease.

What do they do: They offer a network for electric cars. One can either charge the battery at a parking spot or at home or, if you want to drive for longer distances than your battery permits, you can swap your battery at a designated swap-station. That makes the electric car as useabe and convient as a gas car.

[High Priest]

Apple!
Why? 'Coz I haven't used their products yet.

[NoJobRob]

Are we talking in terms of making cool stuff, or good investment opportunities?

[Harald]

I would say that it's probably Waldorf. They make electronic musical instruments, like this beauty (probably my favorite synth):



I love them because they make top quality stuff that has it's own special character, but mostly because what I can do with these instruments brings me a ton of joy and satisfaction. Insanely good stuff.

[Lanternista]

Amazon.com

-Cheap books, huge selection, great service

-Great company from a buisness standpoint

[Spiderguy252]

Apple. Just fantastic.

[Mynder]

Stardock. Not for Windowblinds etc. - but for Galactic Civilizations II, and for the way they kept supporting and adding to that game. Major doubleplusgood.

Also, their digital distribution stuff seemed less restrictive at any time than what I could find elsewhere, and still beats Steam hands down in that respect, even though they now partnered Impulse with Gamestop.

Can't wait for a GalCiv3, or for a Master of Orion 2 remake, if that ever happens.

[SatvikBeri]

Google, Amazon, and Netflix-Google because it's so incredibly useful (search, gmail, chrome), Amazon for the same reason, and Netflix because I love their recommendation system, even if I don't watch that many movies.

[Lanternista]

Was this thread inspired by the last blog article, Steve?

Because I saw a connection while reading it, and as I think about it, all of these companies people mention here have, at least at some point, been adding to the evolution of humanity: Both Google and Amazon, for example, have made it much more easier and cheaper for people to gain access to knowledge, all over the world, and they are extreamly succesful companies.

[Mynder]

There are so many companies that did good...Google, Amazon, Canonical (the company behind the Ubuntu linux distribution and behind A LOT of work towards making Linux easier to use)...

[Kaie]

Apple, because they are marketing 'geniuses,' and their products are top of the line (and fun.)

[aussieNickuss]

Apple, with Google coming a close second. Both companies combined over the last ten years have moved consumer and internet technology so much farther than if the industries had been left to Microsoft and IBM to develop.

[saldy]

google and firefox....because it is a very helpful and useful one...

[SatvikBeri]

Changing my answer to Google, Google, and Google, based on the freaking awesomeness of my new Droid Charge. Actually useful voice recognition makes "writing" emails on my phone faster than using my computer! Free traffic-adjusted GPS makes getting from place to place easy, not to mention I can directly search for a place by name and not have to know the address. Tons of free apps, ability to synchronize with Google Contacts/calendar, able to play better quality music than an iPod, Pandora/Kindle on the go...sorry Netflix, but you can't compete with something that essentially extends my brain

[EternalOne]

I have to say Apple as well. I am totally addicted to my iPhone

[GraemeMcA]

Adobe - Photoshop is not only a great piece of software, it has also redefined the nature of modern art.

[Omega]

Apple, they are so passionate about they're work, and when they create new product, it is like virus. Everyone wants to have Apple iPhone and everybody is talking about Apple iPad.

[tommytommy]

I'll say Sony, they are the best tech items I own a TV and my PC that work wonders even they have been purchased for a long time now.

[sk8joyful]

Originally Posted by Savage

... and why?

What did you mean by favorite "Tech"-company?
if you meant like the PHONE-company, lol
(which for 13 yrs.gave me grief); but past week I've
been given Superior-service by Century-link:
they need to compete... you know. also Amazon