Daily Tech Headlines – March 5, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / March 5th, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Amazon fights with Nest, Broadcomm fights with Qualcomm and a robot gets a job flipping burgers.

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Today in Tech History – March 5, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / March 5th, 2018

1975 – The Homebrew Computer Club, held its first meeting in the garage of Gordon French in Menlo Park, California. 32 people showed up for the first meeting. John Draper, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs were some of the more famous members of the club.

http://www.digibarn.com/collections/newsletters/homebrew/?

1981 – The ZX81 was launched by Sinclair Research in Britain for £69.95 and would go on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world. It was much more successful than it’s predecessor the ZX80.

http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/5447/Sinclair-ZX81-Lanuched?

1982 – Four days after it’s twin, the second of two Soviet probes to Venus, the Venera 14 landed on the planet. Venera 13 and 14 would continue to send data until 1983.
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/venera1314.html?

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Today in Tech History – March 4, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / March 4th, 2018

1976 – The first Freon-cooled Cray-1 supercomputer was shipped to Los Alamos Laboratories, in New Mexico at a cost of $19,000,000.

http://www.0x07bell.net/WWWMASTER/CrayWWWStuff/halliePics/chips1989.JPG
http://library.lanl.gov/cgi-bin/getfile?00236579.pdf

2000 – The Sony PlayStation 2 went on sale in Japan.

http://kotaku.com/5985252/believe-it-or-not-the-playstation-2-is-getting-more-expensive-in-japan?

2007 – Election Day was held in Estonia, and for the first time in the world, voters were allowed to vote on the Internet. Approximately 30,000 voters took advantage of electronic voting. Ballots had to be completed three days before election day.

http://www.vvk.ee/public/dok/CoE_and_NEC_Report_E-Voting_2007.pdf

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DTNS LABS – GAMES – Three Games and a Service

Daily Tech News Show / March 3rd, 2018

DTNS Labs LogoIn this episode, we discuss:
Celeste
Monster Hunter World
Dragon Ball FighterZ
The Xbox Game Pass changes

With Patrick Beja and Scott Johnson.

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Today in Tech History – March 3, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / March 3rd, 2018

1847 – In Edinburgh, Scotland, an expert in vocal physiology and elocution welcomed his newborn son into the world. He was named after his father. Alexander Graham Bell would go on to become synonymous with the telephone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bell_alexander_graham.shtml

1885 – The American Telephone and Telegraph Company was incorporated in New York State as a subsidiary of American Bell Telephone.
https://books.google.com/books?id=gaRBTHdUKmgC&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=march+3+1885+att&source=bl&ots=EXSIbxJ3yI&sig=5HwqVvCvOf5pctJt8CChEsUjWyE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6dzcVNWJKJD2oASG9oDoAQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=march%203%201885%20att&f=false??

1966- The BBC announced plans to begin broadcasting television programmes in colour the following year, becoming the first European broadcaster to provide regular colour broadcasts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/3/newsid_2514000/2514719.stm?

2017 – Nintendo began shipping its Nintendo Switch console. It featured a removable tablet that could play games on the go.

http://www.businessinsider.com/nintendo-switch-day-one-patch-whats-in-it-2017-3?

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DTNS 3231 – Diet Phone

Daily Tech News Show / March 2nd, 2018

Light Phone, last year’s crowdfunded phone, is getting a sequel including a bunch of new features. Plus Toyota sets up a new venture to develop automated-driving software, and Angry Birds developer Rovio is shutting its London studio after disappointing Q4 earnings.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Brian Brushwood.

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Daily Tech Headlines – March 2, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / March 2nd, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Instagram may launch voice and video calling, Microsoft launches free app for the blind and visual impaired, Equifax says 2017 breach will cost the company $275M this year.

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Today in Tech History – March 2, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / March 2nd, 2018

1908 – Gabriel Lippman proposed using a series of lenses at a picture’s surface instead of opaque barrier lines, allowing three dimensional pictures. He titled his presentation to the French Academy of Sciences “La Photographie Integral”.

http://www.outeraspect.com/history_lenticular.php?

1983 – CBS Records launched the first major compact disc music marketing campaign, launching 16 titles. CDs had gone on sale to the public the previous October in Japan.

https://books.google.com/books?id=8NCWWdZzPksC&pg=PA216&lpg=PA216&dq=march+2+1983+CBS+records&source=bl&ots=rcYY70RzWK&sig=ojeAlsSWjAlrFU5u9J9kQlkTXv4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4yIPuhM7ZAhXGqVQKHWfUCoQQ6AEITTAD#v=onepage&q=march%202%201983%20CBS%20records&f=false

2004 – Review site Engadget launched with a post about T-Flash, a new memory card format, by founder Peter Rojas.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/02/today-is-engadgets-10th-birthday/?

2010 – The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany rejected legislation requiring electronic communications traffic data retention for a period of 6 months as a violation of the guarantee of the secrecy of correspondence.
https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/2010/03/articles/german-federal-constitutional-court-declares-implementation-of-data-retention-directive-unconstitutional/?

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DTNS 3230 – Twitter: Toxic or Tonic?

Daily Tech News Show / March 1st, 2018

Has the mobile phone market reached full saturation? A dedicated Ghanian teacher’s efforts to teach how computers work without using a computer has won global applause, and America’s mobile wireless companies join forces to create a new multi-factor authentication standard.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.

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