Apple’s plans for TV, Caavo gives one interface for all boxes, and the future of Plex from Jared Newman. With special guest Jared Newman (https://twitter.com/OneJaredNewman).
Daily Tech Headlines – February 20, 2017
Snap starts selling Spectacles online, Apple buys facial recognition company and Bing and Google demote pirate sites.
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Today in Tech History – February 20, 2017
1900 – John F. Pickering of Haiti received a US patent for his design of an airship.
1962 – Following the USSR, the United States put its first man into orbit. John Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship 7 spacecraft to a successful conclusion of the mission.
1986 – A Soviet Proton launcher boosted the base block of the Mir space station into orbit.
2004 – Apple’s first iPod Mini arrived in Apple retail stores and online. It was the first size variation of the iPod.
2013 – Sony announced the PlayStation 4 without giving out price or even showing what the hardware would look like.
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Today in Tech History – February 19, 2017
1856 – Professor Hamilton L. Smith of Gambier, Ohio received the first US patent for the tintype photographic picture process. It described a method for “the obtaining of positive impressions upon a japanned surface previously prepared upon an iron or other metallic or mineral sheet or plate by means of collodion and a solution of a salt of silver.”
1878 – Thomas Edison received a US patent (No. 200521) for the phonograph. His first recording was of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” spoken into a large horn which transmitted vibrations to a needle that cut the recording on a hand-rotated cylinder.
1990 – John and Thomas Knoll launched a small software package for manipulating images meant to be bundled with scanners. It was called Photoshop.
2002 – Odyssey, the first of six current operational Mars vehicles began its mission to map the planet.
2014 – Facebook announced it was acquiring messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion.
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Today in Tech History – February 18, 2017
1838 – In the small town of Chirlitz of the Austrian Empire Ernst Mach was born. His work in aerodynamics and supersonic speeds, led to the unit of measurement that bears his name. He would die one day after his birthday in 1916.
1908 -Dr Lee de Forest received a patent for “Space Telegraphy” which described a three-element vacuum tube later called the triode, which could amplify feeble electric currents, and proved especially useful for radio reception. Sorry it was not about Moon telegrams.
1977 – The Enterprise space shuttle orbiter prototype made the first of five “captive-inactive” flight tests, testing structural integrity and performance handling, while attached to the top of a 747 jumbo jet.
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DTNS 2970 – ….but what about Security?
What’s the hot new cyberattack coming after Ransomware? David Spark gives us a roundup of things he learned at the RSA conference. Plus why Apple may have moved WWDC out of San Francisco.
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Daily Tech Headlines – February 17, 2017
Samsung chief arrested, Facebook has new goals, VR app to help kids with MRIs.
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Today in Tech History – February 17, 2017
1965 – The Ranger 8 probe launched on its mission to photograph the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon. The photos paved the way to select the area as the site of the first manned Moon landing.
1996 – World chess champion Garry Kasparov defeated Deep Blue in game 6 winning the match 4-2. He would lose the next match a year later.
2000 – Microsoft released Windows 2000, the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and the final Windows release to display the “Windows NT” designation.
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DTNS 2969 – FacedIn
Leaks point to a major change to the iPhone. Tom and Justin look at how the phone has evolved and whether this will change the trend for Apple and Facebook takes on LinkedIn!
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Daily Tech Headlines – February 16, 2017
Apple moves WWDC to San Jose, may get rid of its home button and Facebook starts competing with LinkedIn on job listings.
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