We’re pretty obsessed with imagining the future, even though we might get it wrong. So were people back in 1900, First designed for the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris, the postcards, designed by artist Jean-Marc Côté and others, are full of zany illustrations of how the French thought the year 2000 would look. Some of them were eerily accurate,…
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Today in Apple history: IBM and Apple team up for the first time
Given its position as the company’s earliest arch-nemesis, Apple’s partnership with IBM was massive news when it was announced a couple of years ago. But it wasn’t the first time the two companies had agreed to help one another. On 30 June 1993, Apple and IBM shipped their first collaborative product: the catchily-named “SNA.ps 5250”…
Video of pissed off Steve Jobs moments – Shared by Former Apple PR boss
Nine years ago today, Apple released the original iPhone and forever changed the way the world uses and enjoys technology. While iPhone launches today still attract crowds and long lines at certain Apple retail locations, nothing can compare with the spectacle and excitement that surrounded the launch of the original. In light of the iPhone’s…
10 Most Popular Computers Ever
When personal computers were released almost half a century ago, the customers did not have a choice like they do have now. There were limited choices and on top of that, a customer had to decide the kind of software that would run on that PC for next a few upcoming years. So, just a few PCs…
Here’s What Happened Before Human History?
In a video posted to the Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell YouTube channel called “What Happened Before History? Human Origins,” a dulcettoned narrator recounts our relatively brief history, starting with our ancestors, the apes, and moving forward into the Internet age millions of years later. It seems like a long time, at least compared to…