Today in Tech History – September 30, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 30th, 2016

Today in Tech History logo1882 – Thomas Edison’s first commercial hydroelectric power plant began operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin.

1954 – The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, was commissioned at Groton, CT.

1980 – Xerox published the Version 1.0 specifications for Ethernet in conjunction with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.

2014 – Microsoft announced its next operating system would be called Windows 10, not Windows 9 and would arrive sometime in 2015.

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DTNS 2868 – May I Please Text Your Order?

Daily Tech News Show / September 29th, 2016

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comResy wanst to make an OS for fine dining where your sommelier wears an Apple Watch. Plus Spotify might buy Soundcloud and YouTube hires a DefJam alum.

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Daily Tech Headlines – September 29, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / September 29th, 2016

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Spotify might buy Soundcloud, Big tech teams up on AI, Facebook comes to work October 10th.

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Today in Tech History – September 29, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 29th, 2016

Today in Tech History logo1954 – CERN officially came into being. In addition to countless advancements in science, it would go on to foster the invention of the World Wide Web.

1994 – Programmers first demonstrated the HotJava prototype browser to executives at Sun Microsystems Inc. It was an attempt to port the Java language to the Web. It worked.

1995 – The Sony PlayStation went on sale in Europe.

1996 – The Nintendo 64 launched in North America spreading its 3D world controlled by an analog stick to a new continent.

2015 – Google announced the Nexus 5X and 6P phones, new Chromecast and Chromecast Audio, and an Android tablet called the Pixel C.

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Daily Tech News Show / September 28th, 2016

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comMicrosoft’s AI emphasis from Ignite with Paul Spain and Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt say goodbye to BlackBerry-made phones.

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Daily Tech Headlines – September 28, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / September 28th, 2016

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Uber gets into trucking, BlackBerry stops making handsets, AI comes to Google Translate.

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