Daily Tech Headlines – September 2, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / September 2nd, 2016

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500SpaceX blows up, Samsung recalls the Note 7, and Apple abandons abandoned apps.

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Today in Tech History – September 2, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 2nd, 2016

Today in Tech History logo1859 – A unique combination of solar events including a magnetic explosion severely affected the young telegraph network in North America and Europe. Wires shorted out, fires started and some machines reportedly worked even when disconnected from batteries.

1997 – IBM announced that its RS/6000 SP model parallel supercomputer, was now 58 percent faster than Deep Blue, the computer that beat Kasparov at chess.

2001 – At ECTS in London, Blizzard announced an online RPG version of its popular Warcraft franchise, called “World of Warcraft”.

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DTNS 2847 – Advertitlement

Daily Tech News Show / September 1st, 2016

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.com YouTube has sparked a backlash among creators after it blocks advertisement on content deemed inappropriate. Is this outrage legitimate? Patrick Beja and Jenn cutter discuss on today’s show.

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Today in Tech History – September 1, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 1st, 2016

Today in Tech History logo1902 -Georges Méliès’ film Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) debuted in France. It is often considered the first real science fiction film.

1994 – The United States Library of Congress held the first of several meetings to plan the conversion of its materials to digital form and make them accessible by computer networks.

1996 – Apple released its Pippin game console in the US. The idea was to provide an inexpensive game-focused computer. Apple licensed third

2008 – Google launched its Web browser called Google Chrome.

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Daily Tech Headlines – September 1, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / September 1st, 2016

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Lenovo’s Yoga Book is a laptop in search of a keyboard, GoPro is making content, and the Galaxy Note 7 needs quality time.

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DTNS 2846 – Vintage Computing Never Gets Old

Daily Tech News Show / August 31st, 2016

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.com Evan Koblentz from the Vintage Computer Federation joins Scott Johnson to discuss the allure of vintage computer technology and its role in shaping modern trends.

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Daily Tech Headlines – August 31, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / August 31st, 2016

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Alphabet carpools with Waze, Twitter opens up ad revenue, and Amazon Dashes to Europe.

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Today in Tech History – August 31, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / August 31st, 2016

Today in Tech History logo1897 – Thomas Edison received a patent for the kinetographic camera, the forerunner of the motion picture film projector.

1994 – Stockholders approved the merger of Aldus Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. It united the two driving forces behind desktop publishing software. Aldus Pagemaker became Adobe Pagemaker.

1997 – The developer release of Apple’s new OS, code name Grail1Z4 / Titan1U was released. It was known formally as Rhapsody and would evolve into OS X.

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