1904 – The first underground New York City subway line opened. The line ran from City Hall in lower Manhattan through Grand Central, Times Square and ended north in Harlem. Rides cost five cents.
http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_New_York_Subway_Souvenir_(1904)
1994 – HotWired launched bringing with it the first large quantity sales of banner ads. AT&T, Zima, MCI, Volvo, Club Med and 1-800-COLLECT all plunked down for the privilege.
http://adage.com/article/digitalnext/happy-birthday-digital-advertising/139964/
2005 – The European Space Agency launched its first satellite, a micro-satellite called the SSETI Express Satellite, designed and built by European students.
http://www.esa.int/esaMI/sseti_express/index.html
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It’s our end of October Roundtable show. We examine the market cycles that influences the makeup of streaming service providers, take a close look at Smart Displays niche and its future, think of ways to switch careers when you’re current gets threatened by automation, and the impact regulations have on foster technological innovation.
Amazon and Alphabet earnings are in, Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub is complete, AT&T shuts down FilmStruck streaming service.