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First presentation of Android | Techday, November 5th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 5th 2007, took place the first presentation of the Android platform, an operating system for mobile devices. At the same time, a consortium of 48 companies (telecom, software and hardware) announced the creation of the ...
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Cash register invention | Techday, November 4th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 4th 1879, a patent was issued to James Ritty and his brother John, for their invention called “Ritty's Incorruptible Cashier", that was essentially the first cash register. This machine would put an end to employees pilfering ...
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iPhone X launch | Techday, November 3rd On this TECHDAY in history, on November 3rd 2017, Apple released its eleventh generation of the iPhone, iPhone X. It was named thusly in commemoration of iPhone’s 10th anniversary (X is the Roman numeral for ten). This phone received generally positive reviews. It featured ...
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The Morris worm | The oldest computer worm | Techday, November 2nd On this TECHDAY in history, on November 2nd 1988, the first worm in the history of malware appeared. It was a program that spread itself without user intervention in order to infect public networks. It was named the Morris worm, and was designed by ...
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Lenovo founding | Techday, November 1st On this TECHDAY in history, on November 1st 1984, Lenovo was founded in Beijing, China, by a team of engineers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Back then it used the name Legend. Although at first it specialized in televisions, the company later shifted its focus to ...
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Birthday of Narinder Singh Kapany | The father of the fiber optics invention | Techday, October 31st On this TECHDAY in history, on October 31st 1926, Narinder Singh Kapany was born. He was an Indian-American physicist, who is thought to be the father of fiber optics. The term "fiber optics" originated from him. He ...
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Ballpoint pen patent by John J. Loud | Techday, October 30th On this TECHDAY in history, on October 30th 1888, the first ballpoint pen patent was issued to John J. Loud. His intention was to create a writing instrument capable of writing even on “rough surfaces”, like wood, coarse wrapping paper and others, since ...
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Sega Genesis launch | Techday, October 29th On this TECHDAY in history, on October 29th 1988, the 16-bit, 4th generation Sega game console went on sale in the Japanese market. It was the Sega MegaDrive or Sega Genesis (as was known in the US), succeeding the popular Master System. In May of the following year, it ...
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Birthday of Bill Gates | Techday, October 28th On this TECHDAY in history, on October 28th 1955, William Henry Gates III, better known to all as Bill Gates, was born in Seattle. He is the man who co-founded, alongside Paul Allen, the Microsoft “empire” (in 1975), and for several years held the title of “the ...
