Quick Reads
Fun facts, geek stuff for a quick and li get read
The world’s first public website
The world's first public website was launched on August 6, 1991, and it was... drumroll please... info.cern.ch! Created by Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the World Wide Web, this humble…
QWERTY Smartphones
The QWERTY keyboard layout has been around since the late 1800s, and it was originally designed for typewriters. However, it wasn't until the early 2000s that QWERTY keyboards began to…
The Birth of Betamax
In the 1970s, a remarkable innovation revolutionized the way people consumed entertainment at home: the Betamax. The brainchild of the tech giants at Sony, Betamax emerged as a groundbreaking video…
The history of IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
IRC, or Internet Relay Chat, was developed in the late 1980s by a Finnish computer scientist named Jarkko Oikarinen. It was created as a means of enabling real-time communication between…
Motorola StarTAC
The Motorola StarTAC was the first clamshell (flip) mobile phone. It was released in 1996 and was an instant success. It was small, lightweight, and stylish, and it made mobile…
Nokia 8110
The Nokia 8110 is a mobile phone released in 1996. It was announced on 9 September 1996, as the first of Nokia's high-end 8000 series of phones. Its distinctive styling…
SEGA Game Gear
The Sega Game Gear was an 8-bit handheld game console released by Sega in 1990. It was Sega's first attempt to compete in the handheld games market, and it was…
Sakhr Computers
Sakhr Computers was a Kuwaiti company that was founded in 1982 by Mohammed AlSharekh. The company's goal was to develop and sell Arabic-language software and hardware products for the Middle…
Palm
Palm handhelds were one of the first popular personal digital assistants (PDAs). They were introduced in 1996 by Palm Computing, which was founded by Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky, and Ed…
The history of television
Television is a device that allows us to watch moving images and sound on a screen. It has become one of the most popular forms of entertainment and information in…
Compact disc (CD)
The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. The development of the…
Atari 2600
Atari was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in Sunnyvale, California. The company's first major product was Pong, released in 1972, the first successful coin-operated video game.…
The history of Android
Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google and based on the Linux kernel. It was first announced in 2007 and released in September 2008. Since then, Android has…
How did Google start?
Google is one of the world's most recognized technology companies. It is widely known for its popular search engine and other digital services. Google has had a significant impact on…
When and how did the internet start?
The history of the internet can be traced back to the 1960s, when the United States Department of Defense initiated a research project to develop a communication network that could…
Aerial TV
Then: Analog TV The history of aerial TV, also known as over-the-air TV, begins in the 1920s when the first experimental television broadcasts were transmitted. In the early days of…
Nintendo’s Game & Watch
Game & Watch is a line of handheld electronic games produced by Nintendo from 1980 to 1991. The series was created by Gunpei Yokoi, who was also responsible for designing…
Walkman
The Walkman is an iconic portable music player that was introduced by Sony Corporation in 1979. It revolutionized the way people listened to music, providing a personal and portable music…