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Today in Tech History – January 15, 2017

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

1759 – The British Museum, in Bloomsbury, London, the world’s oldest public national museum, opened to the public. Entry was free and given to ‘all studious and curious Persons’.

2001 – Wikipedia, the free Wiki content encyclopedia, went online as a feeder project for Nupedia, an expert-written online encyclopedia.

2005 – Thanks to a solar flare, ESA’s SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovered calcium, aluminium, silicon and iron – in Mare Crisium on the moon.

2013 – Facebook announced its ‘Graph Search’ improvements to internal search and recommendations.

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Today in Tech History – January 14, 2017

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

1878 – Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone to Queen Victoria at her Osborne House estate on the Isle of Wight. He reached out and touched her, a faux pas which made him the first commoner in years to lay hands on the royal person.

1973 – Elvis Presley’s concert, “Aloha from Hawaii” was broadcast live via satellite, and set a record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.

2005 – The Huygens space probe landed on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. It was the first landing in the outer solar system, and the furthest from Earth.

2014 – US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of Verizon regarding two FCC net neutrality rules that prevented blocking of applications and discriminating against traffic.

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DTNS 2946 – Nintendo’s Last-Switch Effort

Daily Tech News Show / January 13th, 2017

Is the Nintendo Switch overpriced and under-supported with launch titles or Nintendo’s typical hardware play and reliance on fan enthusiasm? Plus Europe wants rules for robots.
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Daily Tech Headlines – January 13, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / January 13th, 2017

Nintendo Switch to launch March 3rd, Consumer Reports now recommends the MacBook Pro, Snapchat implements universal search.

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Today in Tech History – January 13, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 13th, 2017

1910 – The first public radio broadcast took place with a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana sung by Enrico Caruso and others was broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The transmitter had 500 watts of power.

1928 – Three television sets were installed by GE in homes in Schenectady, New York, in order to demonstrate the first home television receiver. The picture was 1.5 inches long by 1 inch wide and 24 lines at 16 frames per second.

1976 – Raymond Kurzweil and the leaders of the National Federation of the Blind announced the Kurzweil Reading Machine, the first text-to-speech machine. Walter Cronkite used it to deliver his signature sign-off, “And that’s the way it was, January 13, 1976.”

2014 – Google announced it would acquire smart appliance maker Nest.

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East Meets West 353 – The US Presidency

East Meets West/ Shows / January 12th, 2017

The US presidential election.

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DTNS 2945 – Thine Thoughts Thursday

Daily Tech News Show / January 12th, 2017

Apple wants to produce TV, the FCC’s last gasp against zero-rating and your thoughts on over-the-air broadcasts, Windows update messaging and more.
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Daily Tech Headlines – January 12, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / January 12th, 2017

Amazon touts its US jobs, Apple courting TV producers, Lily quadcopter camera maker closes up shop.

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Today in Tech History – January 12, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 12th, 2017

1908 – 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.

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.

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

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DTNS 2944 – Analog Epilogue

Daily Tech News Show / January 11th, 2017

Should we just shut down over the air broadcasts? Or will it always have a place. Plus, Facebook has a plan to help journalists and Tesla steals some of Apple’s stars.

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