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The World’s First Tweet
March 21, 2006 Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey sends the world’s first (non-automated) tweet: inviting co-workers A note to future entrepreneurs: when doing the “first” of anything, it may be for posterity so try to be interesting. Kthnx. The post The World’s First Tweet appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History…
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Arcade Game of Many Firsts
March 18, 1974 Atari Introduces Gran Trak 10. It is the first arcade game to use solid state read-only memory (ROM) to store sprites for each car, the game timer, the race track, and the score. As such, it’s the the first game to have defined characters rather than mathematically manipulated dots. The game’s controls, which…
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Apple Sues Microsoft for Copyright Infringement
March 17, 1988 Apple Computer famously sues Microsoft Corporation for copyright infringement in its Windows operating system. Apple eventually lost the lawsuit in 1995. The post Apple Sues Microsoft for Copyright Infringement appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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The First Wiki
March 16, 1995 The worlds first Wiki, WikiWikiWeb was created as Ward Cunningham invites people to add and edit content. A Wiki is a database that can be a community collaboration. Cunningham has said the inspiration for the name Wiki came from the Wiki Wiki Shuttle bus he learned of during a trip to Hawaii. Six years…
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First Internet Domain Registered
March 15, 1985 The first Internet domain symbolics.com is registered by Symbolics, a Massachusetts computer company. The post First Internet Domain Registered appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Bell Labs Announces TRADIC
March 14, 1955 AT&T Bell Laboratories announces the completion of the first fully transistorized computer, TRADIC. TRADIC, which stood for TRAnsistor DIgital Computer, contained nearly 800 transistors, which replaced the standard vacuum tube and allowed the machine to operate on fewer than 100 watts which was one-twentieth the power required by a comparable vacuum tube computer. …
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Microsoft Goes Public
March 13, 1986 Ten years after the company’s founding, Microsoft Corporation stock goes public at $ 21 per share. The stock, which eventually closed at $ 27.75 a share, peaked at $ 29.25 a share shortly after the opening. It is said that the rising value of Microsoft stock has made an estimated 4 billionaires and 12,000…
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Hulu is Unleashed
March 12, 2008 The video streaming service Hulu is launched to the public. Hulu has since become a focal point for the ongoing development of “streaming TV” along with the agonizing by TV networks and movie studios. It also revealed Alec Baldwin to be an alien, which didn’t surprise anybody. The post Hulu is Unleashed…
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NFL Adopts Instant Replay … For The First Time
March 11, 1986 The NFL adopts a limited instant replay system. This system was dropped, however, in 1992 before the current instant replay system was instated in 1999. In effect, you could say the current system is an instant replay itself! The post NFL Adopts Instant Replay … For The First Time appeared first on…
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Mr. Bell Calls Mr. Watson
March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell makes the fateful call to his assistant, Mr. Watson, which is considered the first phone call in history: “Mr. Watson come here I want you.” The post Mr. Bell Calls Mr. Watson appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by…