Day in Tech History Podcast
1) May 25, 1999: Corel WordPerfect Office 2000
1999 – A program first developed by Brigham young University for Data General minicomputers, WordPerfect was the word processing application for anyone using a computer in the 80’s and 90’s. I remembe...Show More
2) May 20, 2013: Tumblr Acquired
2013 – In a $1.1 billion deal, Yahoo acquired the blogging site Tumblr. This caused many concerns for those using the service – especially those who curate blogs with pornographic content. However, Ya...Show More
3) May 14, 2011: The Return of Sony Playstation Network
2011 – Hackers took down the Sony Playstation network on April 20th, 2011. Around 77 million accounts were comprimised and gamers couldn’t play online for over a month. On May 14, Sony started bringin...Show More
4) May 13, 1987: Version 1.0 Turbo C Released
1987 – Version 1.0 of the Turbo C programming language is released. It offers the first integrated edit-compile-run development environment for the C programming language for IBM-compatible personal c...Show More
5) May 12, 1936: The Dvorak Keyboard Layout Patented
1936 – When typewriters first came out, many different people worked on keyboard layouts to become the standard. QWERTY was a popular system but was not efficient. August Dvorak and William Dealey dec...Show More
6) May 11, 2011: Google Chromebook Introduced
2011 – Eric Schmidt shows off the new Google Chrome OS but with an added feature as he introduced Google Chromebook – a personal computer with the Google Chrome OS built-in. The device loads straight ...Show More
7) May 10, 2001 Trans Atlantic Cable TAT-14 Begins Service
2001 – TAT-14, the Transatlantic cable begins commercial service. A dual, bi-directional ring configuration using Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplex (DWDM) – Sixteen wavelengths of STM-64 per fiber p...Show More
8) May 9, 2014: Impeaching the Mayors of Foursquare
2014 – Foursquare tried to re-organize and turn into a review-based app more than a check-in app. They moved the check-in over to a new app called “Swarm”. Because of this, they froze all mayorship sp...Show More
9) May 8, 2006: E3 – Playstation 3 Announced
2006– At a press conference before E3, Sony announced the Playstation 3 gaming console. This would be for a November 17 release and would feature items like Bluetooth wireless controllers, Wi-Fi and H...Show More
10) May 7, 1967: Fox and Hounds – Ralph Baer Plays First Two-Player Game
1967 – Video game developer Ralph Baer plays the first two-player video game. Fox and Hounds was a game where the fox (a red dot) was chased by the hounds (white dots). The controller were two knobs –...Show More