Daily Tech Headlines – February 8, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / February 8th, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Twitter has first profitable quarter since IPO, Amazon rolls out Whole Foods delivery in select US cities, iBoot source code for iOS 9 posted to GitHub.

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Today in Tech History – February 8, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / February 8th, 2018

Today in Tech History logo1971 – 10 years after the SEC suggested automation could solve the problem of fragmentation in over-the-counter stocks, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations or NASDAQ index began trading, the world’s first electronic stock market.

http://www.nasdaqomx.com/aboutus/company-information/whatisnasdaq

1996 – The US Congress passed the Communications Decency Act, part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In part, it attempted to hold website operators responsible for anyone younger than 18 seeing porn on the Internet. That provision was later struck down by the Supreme Court, however Section 230 which provides safe harbor to service providers is still in force.
https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230/legislative-history

1996 – John Perry Barlow posted “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace” written in Davos, Switzerland. He foresaw a “civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.”

https://projects.eff.org/~barlow/Declaration-Final.html

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DTNS 3215 – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yeti

Daily Tech News Show / February 7th, 2018

High-resolution audio raised its profile at CES 2018, but what exactly is it and is it helping to spur new interest in the audiophile lifestyle? Plus Google is planning a streaming gaming service called Project Yeti and Deepfake videos get the ban hammer from PornHub and Twitter.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Norton.

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Daily Tech Headlines – February 7, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / February 7th, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Snapchat has good earnings, Pornhub bans AI-based Fake videos, and Alphabet hires a new ISP head.

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Today in Tech History – February 7, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / February 7th, 2018

Today in Tech History logo1817 – The first public gas streetlight in the US was lit in Baltimore, Maryland at the corner of Market and Lemon streets.

http://monumentcity.net/2010/02/18/monument-to-the-first-gas-street-lamp-in-america/

1915 – The first completely successful tests of the wireless telephone from a moving train were conducted on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Spoken messages were clearly heard 26 miles from Lounsberry to Binghamton, NY.

http://books.google.com/books?id=9mNMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA648&lpg=PA648&dq=lackawanna+railroad+wireless+february+7+1915&source=bl&ots=nq8K3PVm_f&sig=joNVzIMVQHzYmBFC4940bwY3WeA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AIotT7aWLqOSiQKBiZXLCg&sqi=2&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false

1984 – Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart made the first untethered spacewalks.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0207.html

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DTNS 3214 – Google Promises a Chicken in Every Phone

Daily Tech News Show / February 6th, 2018

In light of Apple’s decision to pull the Telegram app we talk with Brett Rounsaville about his experience developing for the App Store. Plus we examine all the Home Pod reviews and a French court has ruled that drivers are not allowed to touch their smartphones unless parked in designated spot with the engine off.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Brett Rounsaville.

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Daily Tech Headlines – February 6, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / February 6th, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Apple HomePod reviews are mixed, tablet sales decline for 13th straight quarter, France cracks down on smartphones while driving.

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Today in Tech History – February 6, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / February 6th, 2018

Today in Tech History logo1957 – MIT introduced the cryotron, the first practical demonstration of superconductivity, invented by Dudley Allen Buck. The Cryotron paved the way for the integrated circuit which used semiconductivity.

http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201202/physicshistory.cfm

1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed a patent for miniaturized electronic circuits, the first patent for what we now call integrated circuits.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=O89pAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

1971 – Apollo 14’s Lunar Module lifted off from the moon returning astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell to the Command Module. Shepard had made extra history by becoming the first human to hit a golf ball on the moon.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/as14/a14sum.htm

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