The inventor of the CD and cassette tapes has passed away. Lou Ottens, who is credited with not only inventing the cassette tape but also helping develop the CD, died at his home in the Netherlands ...
Really, it made perfect sense why consumers dropped cassette tapes in the 1990s for the easy-to-use CD. Tapes were fragile and finicky. And as long as it stayed in its case, a CD was the most reliable ...