Today in Tech History – January 12, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 12th, 2018

Today in Tech History logo1908 – Lee de Forest, an engineer and scientist, broadcast a phonograph record show from the Eiffel Tower for an audience of less than 50 people. The show was also heard over 500 miles from the tower, becoming the first long-distance radio message transmission.
http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Wavescan/wavescan121125.html

1964 – Jeff Bezos was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He would grow up to study computer science at Princeton, and set the standard for online shopping with his company, Amazon.com.
http://www.biography.com/people/jeff-bezos-9542209

2005 – Deep Impact launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket, headed to an impact with comet 9P/Tempel.

http://science.nasa.gov/missions/deep-impact/

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DTNS 3197 – Nostalgitech

Daily Tech News Show / January 11th, 2018

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comUS House of representatives extends NSA’s controversial surveillance program, Google acquires company that can turn screens into speakers, Opera announces Opera News and whole lot more!

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Daily Tech Headlines – January 11, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / January 11th, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Google acquires company that puts speaker in phone screens, Opera launches news app in Africa, Korean controversy over bitcoin.

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Today in Tech History – January 11, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 11th, 2018

Today in Tech History logo1954 – BBC TV broadcast their first ‘in-vision’ weather forecast. George Cowling of the Meteorological Office presented from the BBC’s Lime Grove studios with two hand-drawn weather charts pinned to an easel.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/01_january/06/weather_50th.shtml

2001 – AOL and Time Warner completed their merger. At the time it was seen as a signal of the victory of the Internet over old media. Time Warner would eventually come out on top and spin AOL back out as separate company.

http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-250781.html

2001 – Dave Winer revealed “Payloads for RSS” which allowed among other things, enclosures. One example was an RSS feed which would deliver a different Grateful Dead song each day. It was the proto-podcast.

http://scripting.com/davenet/2001/01/11/payloadsForRss.html

2005 – Apple introduced the first iPod Shuffle, a music player with no screen and flash memory.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/01/11Apple-Introduces-iPod-shuffle.html

2013 – RSS 1.0 and Reddit Developer Aaron Swartz was found dead after committing suicide.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/12/aaron-swartz-suicide_n_2462819.html

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DTNS LABS INTERVIEW – Richard Kowalski, CEA

Daily Tech News Show / January 10th, 2018

DTNS Labs LogoWe talk with Richard Kowalski from the Consumer Electronics Association about what it takes to make CES happen

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DTNS 3196 – Vive Las Vegas

Daily Tech News Show / January 10th, 2018

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comCES Blackout! Shannon Morse and Bill Detwiler joins us to share there picks from this year’s CES.

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Today in Tech History – January 10, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 10th, 2018

Today in Tech History logo1899 – A US patent was issued for an “Electric Device,” invented by David Misell, which used D size batteries laid end to end in a paper tube with a light bulb and a brass reflector at the end. The batteries only lasted long enough for a “flash” of light, hence the name Flashlight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Patent_617,592.png

1946 – The Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories in New Jersey received the first echoes off the Moon of an experiment to send the first radio transmissions through outer space.

https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4404759/Project-Diana-bounces-radio-waves-off-moon–January-10–1946

1949 – In response to Columbia’s new 33-RPM long playing record, RCA kicked off a platter war introducing the seven-inch diameter 45 rpm “single” in the US.

http://www.wired.com/2012/01/new-format/

1962 – NASA announced plans to build the C-5, a three-stage rocket launch vehicle. It became better known as the Saturn V, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.

http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/saturn_apollo/display.html

2008 – Sony BMG became the last major label to agree to sell DRM-free MP3s.
http://web.archive.org/web/20080118185346/http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205602334&subSection=All+Stories

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Daily Tech Headlines – January 10, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / January 10th, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Microsoft advises on Spectre patch performance, Wi-Fi Alliance works on WPA3, and Vivo scans fingerprints under the screen.

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DTNS 3195 – CES 2018: How do You Say Sit in Japanese?

Daily Tech News Show / January 9th, 2018

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comIt’s Tuesday at CES 2018. We analyze the keynotes from Ford, Samsung and Intel, and comb through a blizzard of product announcements for the most interesting of the lot.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Allison Sheridan, and Patrick Norton.

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