Today in Tech History – September 30, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 30th, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1882 – Thomas Edison’s first commercial hydroelectric power plant began operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin.

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_hydro_1.html

1954 – The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, was commissioned at Groton, CT.
http://www.ussnautilus.org/nautilus/index.shtml

1980 – Xerox published the Version 1.0 specifications for Ethernet in conjunction with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.

https://books.google.com/books?id=ioTFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA167&lpg=PA167&dq=september+30+1980+xerox&source=bl&ots=r3kou4ggPv&sig=OUXVYAGcJqugpSYCnlNMjBc5Rwk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBmoVChMI2Y3vuazvxwIVxDOICh22CAro#v=onepage&q=september%2030%201980%20xerox&f=false

2014 – Microsoft announced its next operating system would be called Windows 10, not Windows 9 and would arrive sometime in 2015.
http://live.theverge.com/microsoft-windows-9-event-live-blog/

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DTNS 3127 – Apple Wants Its Own Chips. Salsa Coming Soon

Daily Tech News Show / September 29th, 2017

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comApple may try to design more of its own parts, Japan and Korea take very different approaches to cryptocurrency and a wrap-up of Microsoft’s Ignite announcements.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Paul Spain and Len Peralta.

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Daily Tech Headlines – September 29, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / September 29th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Google working on Echo Show competitor, Go Pro’s new camera, and Mr. Uber goes to London.

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Today in Tech History – September 29, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 29th, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1920 – The Joseph Horne department store in Pittsburgh ran an advertisement in the Pittsburgh Sun, describing wireless Victrola music being picked up by radio. Amateur Wireless Sets were on sale for $10.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=bOo6Pj437KcC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=september+29+1920+joseph+home+department+store&source=bl&ots=jNE7alxyrl&sig=cCNgYJ9p_ARyYDax18tNwjx1VHY&sa=X&ei=5uwuUMnaMcm1rQG3yYHYAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=september%2029%201920%20joseph%20home%20department%20store&f=false

1954 – CERN officially came into being. In addition to countless advancements in science, it would go on to foster the invention of the World Wide Web.

http://international-relations.web.cern.ch/International-Relations/ms/

1994 – Programmers first demonstrated the HotJava prototype browser to executives at Sun Microsystems Inc. It was an attempt to port the Java language to the Web. It worked.
http://papa.det.uvigo.es/~theiere/cursos/Curso_Java/history.html

1995 – The Sony PlayStation went on sale in Europe.

http://thenextweb.com/media/2015/09/09/playstation-turns-20-in-the-u-s-heres-a-look-back-at-the-consoles-evolution/

1996 – The Nintendo 64 launched in North America spreading its 3D world controlled by an analog stick to a new continent.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/09/24/nintendo-64-launching-a-legacy

2015 – Google announced the Nexus 5X and 6P phones, new Chromecast and Chromecast Audio, and an Android tablet called the Pixel C.
http://thenextweb.com/google/2015/09/29/everything-google-announced-today-at-its-nexus-2015-event/

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DTNS 3126 – Facebook’s Out For Blood

Daily Tech News Show / September 28th, 2017

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comFacebook’s out for blood in India– in a good way, Why Ikea bought TaskRabbit, and what’s really going on with the US DHS collecting immigrants’ social media info.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Len Peralta, and Justin Robert Young.

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Daily Tech Headlines – September 28, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / September 28th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Amazon announces new Echos, Facebook out to help blood donors in India, and Anthony Levandowsky, formerly of Uber, has started an AI religion.

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