Daily Tech Headlines – January 19, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / January 19th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Oracle sued by the US Department of Labor, robotic food delivery trials, and Slack gets threaded messaging.

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Today in Tech History – January 19, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 19th, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1883 -The first electric lighting system using overhead wires went into service in Roselle, New Jersey.

1983 – Apple released the Lisa, the second commercial computer with a graphical user interface (after the Xerox Star). It only cost $9,995 too!

1986 – Brain became the first computer virus released into the wild. It was a boot sector virus transmitted by floppy disks. The Farooq Alvi Brothers of Lahore, Pakistan created the virus.

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DTNS 2948 – Full Steam Ahead

Daily Tech News Show / January 18th, 2017

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comWhy Twitter sold its dev business to Google, the CIA posts millions of documents online and why Valve doesn’t talk to its community much.

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Daily Tech Headlines – January 18, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / January 18th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500US FTC goes after Qualcomm, Google+ gets a makeover, Android One phones coming to US.

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Today in Tech History – January 18, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 18th, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1902 – Nikola Tesla filed a patent application for wireless energy transmission. The patent was granted 12 years later. We’re still waiting for the kinks to get worked out.

1903 – The first two-way transatlantic communication, and first wireless telegram was sent between North America and Europe. US President Teddy Roosevelt and King Edward VII. They wrote to each other how awesome the wireless telegraph was.

2012 – Many websites, led by Reddit, Wikipedia and others, conducted an Internet “blackout” to protest the US SOPA/PIPA bills.

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DTNS 2947 – The Zuck Stops Here

Daily Tech News Show / January 17th, 2017

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comZuckerberg’s in Dallas to testify in a lawsuit but he posted pictures of visiting with students and police. Is Zuckerberg running for President?

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Daily Tech Headlines – January 17, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / January 17th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Apple App prices rise in UK, India and Turkey, Baidu hires former Microsoft AI expert, Intel launches a retail IoT platform.

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Today in Tech History – January 17, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 17th, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1871 – Andrew S. Hallidie received a patent for an “endless wire rope way” which he would put into practice as the cable car system in San Francisco, California.

1882 – Thomas Edison received a patent for adding a carbon microphone to the telephone. The patent described finely divided conducting material, like carbon, between metal cups mounted on arms that attached to the mouthpiece diaphragm.

1928 – Anatol M. Josepho received a the first US patent for a fully automatic photographic film developing machine. The Photomaton better known as a PhotoBooth in the US still survives as an app and in dark corners of subway stations.

1949 – The first synchrotron installed at the Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, reached its design energy of 300 MeV.

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