December 2: Apple Released Quicktime
Quicktime 1991 - What was first a Multimedia add-on for System 6, Quicktime has spent 21 years being Apples’ proprietary player. The original version contained graphics, animation and Video codecs –...
View ArticleDecember 20: Apple Acquires NeXT
Apple Acquires NeXT 1996 – Steve Jobs started Apple. When he left Apple, he started NeXT. When Apple started to fall, Steve Jobs came back. Of course, having 2 computer companies is not a good idea –...
View ArticleJanuary 9: Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
PDA 1992 – Technically a Smartphone is a Personal Digital Assistant. You can thank John Scully, CEO of Apple on that term. He coined it in reference to Apple joining the market by years end. Older...
View ArticleFebruary 4: Apple Acquired NeXT
February 4, 1997 – Apple Acquires NeXT Computer 1997 - Apple Computer makes the acquisition of NeXT for $427 million. The OpenStep OS will be the base of Mac OS X. Steve Wozniak returns to Apple as an...
View ArticleFebruary 16: First Bulletin Board System (BBS – then called CBBS)
February 16, 1979: First BBS Created 1978 - The first computer bulletin board system was created in Chicago, Illinois by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess. The Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS)...
View ArticleMarch 16: WikiWikiWeb – First Wiki
March 16, 1995: WikiWikiWeblaunched 1995- The worlds first Wiki was created as Ward Cunningham invites people to add and edit content. WikiWikiWeb was officially launched on March 25th, as A Wiki is a...
View ArticleMarch 24: Apple Releases Desktop OS X (OS 10)
March 24, 2001: Mac OSX 2001- The Server version of the Mac OS X software hit in 1999, but the desktop version was not released until 2001. A POSIX compliant core OS with the XNU kernal. The OS X...
View ArticleApril 14: JenniCam Debuts, Netflix Website Launches
April 14, 1996: Jennicam began livestreaming 1996- Nineteen year old Jennifer Kaye Ringley takes several webcams and places them within her house. For the next seven years, she would livestream her...
View ArticleApril 30: World Wide Web Goes to Public Domain
April 30, 1993: World Wide Web enters in Public Domain 1993 - You may see www, but it’s true meaning is World Wide Web. Tim Berners-Lee wrote WorldWideWeb during the 1990, while working for CERN. He...
View ArticleMay 21: Caldera International Becomes SCO Group
May 21, 2003: Caldera International becomes the SCO Group 2003- Caldera International finished the acquisition of the Server Software and Services divisions of Santa Cruz Operation. They turned around...
View ArticleJune 6: Steve Jobs Last Keynote, Apple Switches to Intel
June 6, 2011 Steve Jobs gave his last keynote for Apple 2005 - Steve Jobs spoke in front of the masses at the WWDC announcing that Apple will switch their processors from PowerPC to Intel. He then...
View ArticleSeptember 29, 2001: Mac OSX “Puma” Released
Apple2001- With one version of the Apple OS X under it’s belt, “Puma” – or OS X 10.1 is released to the public. Updates would include extended DVD support and the ability to burn DVD – RW. There were...
View ArticleOctober 12, 1988: Steve Jobs Debuts NeXT Computer
Steve Jobs Debuts NeXT Computer 1988- Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. Steve Jobs shows off the NeXT Computer featuring the Motorola 68030 microprocessor at 25 MHz. The computer...
View ArticleDecember 2, 1991: Apple Released Quicktime
Quicktime 1991 - What was first a Multimedia add-on for System 6, Quicktime has spent 21 years being Apples’ proprietary player. The original version contained graphics, animation and Video codecs –...
View ArticleDecember 20, 1996: Apple Acquires NeXT
Apple Acquires NeXT 1996 – Steve Jobs started Apple. When he left Apple, he started NeXT. When Apple started to fall, Steve Jobs came back. Of course, having 2 computer companies is not a good idea –...
View ArticleJanuary 9, 1992: Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
PDA 1992 – Technically a Smartphone is a Personal Digital Assistant. You can thank John Scully, CEO of Apple on that term. He coined it in reference to Apple joining the market by years end. Older...
View ArticleFebruary 4, 1997: Apple Acquired NeXT
February 4, 1997 – Apple Acquires NeXT Computer 1997 - Apple Computer makes the acquisition of NeXT for $427 million. The OpenStep OS will be the base of Mac OS X. Steve Wozniak returns to Apple as an...
View ArticleFebruary 16, 1978: First Bulletin Board System (aka CBBS)
February 16, 1979: First BBS Created 1978 - The first computer bulletin board system was created in Chicago, Illinois by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess. The Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS)...
View ArticleMarch 16, 1995: WikiWikiWeb – First Wiki
March 16, 1995: WikiWikiWeblaunched 1995- The worlds first Wiki was created as Ward Cunningham invites people to add and edit content. WikiWikiWeb was officially launched on March 25th, as A Wiki is a...
View ArticleMarch 24, 2001: Apple Released Mac OS X for Desktop
March 24, 2001: Mac OSX 2001- The Server version of the Mac OS X software hit in 1999, but the desktop version was not released until 2001. A POSIX compliant core OS with the XNU kernal. The OS X...
View Article