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AT&T Takes Over Bell System
December 30, 1899 American Bell, at the time parent corporation of the AT&T company, reorganizes and transfers its assets into AT&T. American Bell was incorporated in Massachusetts and AT&T was incorporated in New York. Massachusetts corporate laws would have limited the growth of American Bell so by reorganizing, AT&T could bypass Massachusetts law by becaming…
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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. Previous…
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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.” Previous post: I Invented the Internet This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Bell Receives Patent for Telephone
March 7, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent (US No. 174,465) for an “Improvement in Telegraphy,” which will later come to be known as the variable resistance telephone. Previous post: Michelangelo Strikes This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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AT&T Takes Over Bell System
December 30, 1899 American Bell, at the time parent corporation of the AT&T company, reorganizes and transfers its assets into AT&T. American Bell was incorporated in Massachusetts and AT&T was incorporated in New York. Massachusetts corporate laws would have limited the growth of American Bell so by reorganizing, AT&T could bypass Massachusetts law by becaming…
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Here's an article worth sharing. 300,000 marchers ring climate warning bell in…
Here's an article worth sharing. 300,000 marchers ring climate warning bell in NYC, around globe 300,000 marchers ring climate warning bell in NYC, around globecbsn.wsLondon, Cairo, other cities also see large turnout in support of action on climate change ahead of UN Climate Summit TechiTeens Computer Repair’s Facebook Wall
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Here's an article worth sharing. 300,000 marchers ring climate warning bell in…
Here's an article worth sharing. 300,000 marchers ring climate warning bell in NYC, around globe 300,000 marchers ring climate warning bell in NYC, around globecbsn.wsLondon, Cairo, other cities also see large turnout in support of action on climate change ahead of UN Climate Summit TechiTeens Computer Repair’s Facebook Wall
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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.” Previous post: I Invented the Internet This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com