Daily Tech Headlines – November 16, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / November 16th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Facebook and Google participating in trusted news program, Amazon Key hack discovered, Twitter pauses verification program and removes some verifications.

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Today in Tech History – November 16, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / November 16th, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1904 – Sir John Ambrose Fleming went “scudding down Gower Street” in London on his way to patenting the “oscillation valve” which we fondly call the Vacuum Tube. His patent was later invalidated by the US supreme court, but that didn’t stop Fleming from being Knighted and receiving a medal of honor from the Institute of Radio Engineers.

http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4401607/Fleming-patents-vacuum-tube–November-16–1904
http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/radio_history/gtnames/fleming.php

1965 – The Soviet Union launched the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus. It would become the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet, though it failed to return data.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1965-092A

2000 – ICANN announced its decision to include 7 new top-level domains giving birth to the .aero, .biz, .coop, .info, .museum, .name and .pro, TLDs.

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/icann-pr-16nov00-en.htm

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DTNS 3160 – 4K is the new 1080p

Daily Tech News Show / November 15th, 2017

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comA Hyperloop/Boring Company hybrid planned for Denver, Kickstarter launches a Patreon competitor, and Patrick Norton helps yo wade through the 4K nonsense if you want to buy a new TV.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Norton.

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Daily Tech Headlines – November 15, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / November 15th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Amazon scraps TV bundle plans, Google improves job search results, Tencent has an impressive quarter.

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Today in Tech History – November 15, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / November 15th, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1926 – The National Broadcasting Company radio network opened with 24 stations. It was a joint creation of RCA, General Electric and Westinghouse. AT&T provided the spark for the network by selling WEAF to RCA.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/404533/National-Broadcasting-Co-Inc-NBC

1971 – Intel released the world’s first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004 with an advertisement in Electronic News, though the chip may have been delivered earlier in the spring to some customers. It was the first complete CPU on one chip.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/history/museum-story-of-intel-4004.html

2001 – Microsoft entered the game console war with the first Xbox going on sale in North America. It pitted Microsoft against Sony’s PS2 just three days before Nintendo’s GameCube went on sale.
http://money.cnn.com/2001/11/15/technology/xbox/index.htm

2013 – Sony’s PlayStation 4 game console went on sale with a big event in New York where Sony rented out the entire Standard Hotel.

http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/sony-launches-playstation-4-fans-go-nuts/

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DTNS 3159 – Compuserve still has forums?

Daily Tech News Show / November 14th, 2017

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comWhy EA now has the most downvoted Reddit comment of all time, plus wearables might save your heart and you might want to switch to Firefox.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.

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Daily Tech Headlines – November 14, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / November 14th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Firefox Quantum released, HTC announced standalone headset, Apple Watch can identify high blood pressure.

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Today in Tech History – November 14, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / November 14th, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1922 – The BBC sent its first daily transmission from station 2LO at Marconi House London. Arthur Burrows, first Director of Programmes, read the first newscast.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/aboutbbcnews/spl/hi/history/noflash/html/1920s.stm

1971 – The American space probe Mariner 9 began orbiting Mars becoming the first spacecraft to successfully orbit another planet.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1971-051A

2007 – The last Direct Current electrical distribution system in the US was shut down by Con Edison in New York.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/off-goes-the-power-current-started-by-thomas-edison/

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