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Today in Tech History – June 2, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / June 2nd, 2017

1883 – Thomas Edison and Stephen D. Field built the world’s first elevated electric railway. It was a narrow-gauge 3-foot-wide track in the gallery around the edge of the main exhibition building of the Chicago Railway Exhibition. It ran nine miles per hour.
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/06/0602first-chicago-el-runs-indoors/

1896 – Guglielmo Marconi applied for British Patent number 12039 regarding a system of telegraphy using Hertzian waves. We’d call it radio.
http://marconisociety.org/about/marconi-family/
http://www.radiomarconi.com/marconi/popov/pat763772.html

2003 – The European Space Agency launched the Mars Express probe from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. It was the fastest planetary probe to be built.
http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Mars_Express/SEMFU55V9ED_0.html

2014 – Apple announced OS X Yosemite and iOS8 at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Among the features were the ability to answer phone calls on your OS X computer, the ability for iOS apps to talk directly to each other, third=party keyboards for iOS, and a new programming language called Swift.
http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-targets-google-wwdc-2014-os-x-mavericks-ios-8-1593874

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DTNS 3043 – Let’s Talk About Plex, Baby

Daily Tech News Show / June 1st, 2017

Plex goes live, Is Apple too late to the Smart Speaker game? and the end of a plan to buy exploits for a good cause.

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Daily Tech Headlines – June 1, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / June 1st, 2017

Apple may announce a Siri Speaker, Microsoft makes Skype more Snapchat-like, Plex adds live TV.

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Today in Tech History – June 1, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / June 1st, 2017

1890 – The US Census Bureau began using Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machine for the first time. This gave Hollerith the basis to later found his Tabulating Machine Company, which was one of four companies that merged to form IBM. http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/library/this_week_in_reading_0601-0607.asp

1944 – The Colossus Mark 2 was put into service at Bletchley Park in Great Britain, just in time for the invasion at Normandy. http://books.google.com/books?id=gfL4ky-TQOMC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=june+1+1944+colossus&source=bl&ots=LZ3i_tbzIt&sig=8RKO7B38Hpxplje8ydxyToLLB8E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mr6iT5WVLuqciALEgaWMBw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw

1999 – The Windows version of music-sharing program Napster was released. http://www.oldapps.com/napster.php

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DTNS 3042 – Is That An SD Card In Your Pocket Or Are You Hiding Data From Me

Daily Tech News Show / May 31st, 2017

Mary Meeker’s annual trends report has good news for gamers, wearable makers and China. Plus, why people resist using secure communication tools.

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#294 – Live at BayCon with Whiskey!

Shows/ Sword and Laser / May 31st, 2017

We are excited about the winner of this year’s Nebula, the finalists in the Locus awards, and so many TV shows coming from our favorite books. Plus, why Neil Gaiman will read a Cheesecake Factory Menu on stage.

It’s Spoilerin’ Time 172

Cordkillers / May 31st, 2017

The Leftovers (306), Better Call Saul (307), Fargo (306), Justified (607), Summer Movie Draft.

00:47 – Summer Movie Draft
04:14 – The Leftovers (306)
10:28 – Better Call Saul (307)
15:38 – Fargo (306)
22:15 – Justified (607)

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Daily Tech Headlines – May 31, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / May 31st, 2017

Uber fires Levandowski, Microsoft brings Windows 10 to Qualcomm-powered ARM laptops, Twitch plays the stock market.

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Today in Tech History – May 31, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / May 31st, 2017

1941 – Electric eye detectors were first used to measure high-jumping height. A track meet of the Schenectady, NY, Patrolmen’s Association used equipment designed by General Electric, comprising of a movable light source and four electric eyes. http://books.google.com/books?id=9iYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA112#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://www.schenectadypba.com/?page_id=1099

1943 – Chief consultant John Mauchly and chief engineer John Presper Eckert began leading the military commission on the new computer ENIAC. They would take one year to design the computer and 18 months to build it. http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/Eniac.htm

2006 – Swedish police raided The Pirate Bay website and shut it down. The site relaunched from servers outside Sweden. http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-five-years-after-the-raid-110531/

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DTNS 3041 – Essentially Concerned

Daily Tech News Show / May 30th, 2017

What we think of Andy Rubin’s Essential phone and it’s open strategy. Plus Anthony Levandowski fired from Uber and the last PS3 ships in Japan!

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