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TRS-80 Born
February 2, 1977 The prototype of the TRS-80 computer is shown to Charles Tandy, the CEO of the Tandy Corporation, owner of the Radio Shack chain of stores. He agrees to begin production based on this demonstration and the computer goes on sale in August. “TRS” stood for Tandy Radio Shack. The relatively inexpensive TRS-80…
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TRS-80 Born
February 2, 1977 The prototype of the TRS-80 computer is shown to Charles Tandy, the CEO of the Tandy Corporation, owner of the Radio Shack chain of stores. He agrees to begin production based on this demonstration and the computer goes on sale in August. “TRS” stood for Tandy Radio Shack. The relatively inexpensive TRS-80…
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911 is Born
January 12, 1968 AT&T announces the designation of 911 as a universal emergency number. 911 is Born is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Marcel Brown Technology Services Born
April 15, 2002 Budding entrepreneur Marcel Brown starts his first day as a full-time self-employed professional, after years of helping people and small businesses with their technology needs on the side. It was from this humble beginning that a technology empire of unprecedented scale was created. Well, okay, maybe all of that’s not quite true yet, but…
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Netscape Born
April 4, 1994 Ironically, 19 years to the day after Microsoft was formed, Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark create the Mosaic Communications Corporation, which will later be renamed Netscape Communications Corporation. Andreessen had developed the Mosaic web browser while working at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois. Netscape Born…
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Mac OS X is Born
March 24, 2001 Mac OS X 10.0, the first public version of Mac OS X, is released. The code name for this release was Cheetah, although Apple did not start using the code names for marketing purposes until Mac OS X 10.3, Jaguar. Mac OS X is Born is original content of This Day in…
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Facebook is Born
February 4, 2004 Mark Zuckerberg launches Thefacebook, which later becomes Facebook. The world changes forever. And we like it. Facebook is Born is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Twitter.com is Born
January 21, 2000 The domain name twitter.com was registered. However, it wasn’t until 2006 that the domain was purchased by Twitter, Inc. and took the form we know today. Twitter.com is Born is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Ethernet is Born
Robert Metcalfe’s Original Ethernet Concept November 11, 1973 As invented by Robert Metcalfe and David Boggs, an Ethernet network functions for the first time. From it’s humble beginnings as a research project at Xerox PARC, Ethernet has developed into the de facto standard for business and home networking. Ethernet is Born is original content of…
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Apple Lisa is Born
July 30, 1979 Apple begins work on the Lisa, which would become the world’s first commercial computer with a graphical user interface. Originally intended to sell for $ 2,000 and ship in 1981, the Lisa is delayed until 1983 and sells for $ 10,000. Utilizing technology that is ahead of its time, the high cost,…