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 – What was refered to as “Road Pizza”. Since then Quicktime had developed on both Mac and Windows sides (starting in 1992). The current version is called Quicktime X but there are signs the technology is either moving a new direction or possibly retired.

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* The Virginia Internet Policy Act

* AT&T pulls pay phones

* Digg.com (http://Digg.com) was not for sale

Jeff Bezos

2013 – Jeff Bezos is interviewed on the show “60 Minutes” on CBS with Charlie Rose. During his interview he unveils a project Amazon has been working on – Flying drone delivery. This secret R&D project called “Octocopter” will have drones fly the packages from outposts in each city to the homes.

In a project Amazon is calling “Prime Air”, they expect the delivery system to be available in the next 4-5 years.

Charlie Rose’ reaction summed it up. “Oh, my God!”.

1999 – It was the most expensive internet domain (http://dayintechhistory.com/tag/domain)name. Business.com was first bought in 1997 for $150,000 by Marc Ostrofsky. You might think that is pretty expensive, but economically, it was a great deal. On 12/01/99, Buisness.com was sold to Jake Winebaum for $7.5 million. At that point, buisness.com was officially founded.Jake was a chairman of the Walt Disney Internet group.This domain barely made it through the dot com bubble. They went through 2007 when R.H. Donnelley Corporation acquired the site for $345 million. R.H. Donnelley filed for bankruptcy in June 2009.

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* AbiWord word Processor

* Lycos gives “Make love not spam” screensaver

* FidoNet and their motion to have IFNA take control

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KEZ Smart Band

I interviewed KEZ, a startup at Smart Content Business Day 2018 in South Korea. This company is developing a wearable for children, elderly, people needing assistance, and more.

About KEZ

This is not a watch, but a band that will monitor a person if needed. The band is connected via cellular, so a SIM card is needed for monitoring. On the device is a GPS tracker, and 360 degree camera that will record in 15 second bursts 3 times a day, or when needed.

The device is used during the day, then charged in the evening. The guardian can check in via an app. They can be alerted where the person is, what they are doing, and if they do not have the device on.

I talked to Won Min Lee about security and privacy with KEZ. This band does cause a lot of concern about what the guardian can see or do. Having a conversation with the child or person wearing this band might be the best plan.

KEZ will be available on Kickstarter in the coming months.

 

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IBM-7090

1959 – Want to see a 2.9 million dollar computer? That was the IBM 7090 – a transistorized mainframe computer that was designed for scientific research and tech applications. It replaced the 709 series, which used vacuum tubes. The first two were delivered – one of the 7090’s would be used for the Mercury and Gemini space missions. Check out more on the IBM 7090 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_7090)

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* The First Coaxial cable is installed

* Microsoft Vista is released to Volume licence customers

* Jeopardy contestant Ken Jennings loses.

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* 20:30–Soviet robot retrieved moon rocks sells for $855,000  (https://www.space.com/42583-robot-retrieved-moon-rocks-sold-sothebys.html)

* 22:59–PriceWaiter (https://www.cnet.com/news/pricewaiter-score-hidden-discounts-by-bidding-on-products/)

* 27:12–How to install Windows 10 on a Mac (https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-windows-10-mac/)

* 27:35–Diagnose your car troubles with these 2 OBD II Scanners (https://www.androidcentral.com/best-obd2-car-readers-android)

* 29:03–Finding your favorite tunes just got easier on Android Auto (https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/android-auto-media-update/)

* 48:36–This $20.00 thermometer  (https://gizmodo.com/this-20-thermometer-doesnt-even-need-to-touch-you-to-t-1830181715)

* 30:09–T-Mobile Money (https://www.ubergizmo.com/2018/11/t-mobile-money-checking-account-service/)

* 32:50–Facebook, Google, and others may face fines (https://torrentfreak.com/google-facebook-vpns-and-others-risk-huge-fines-under-proposed-law-181129/)

* 34:02–Senators want to give FTC more authority (https://www.cnet.com/news/senators-want-to-give-ftc-more-authority-to-combat-illegal-robocalls/#ftag=CAD590a51e)

* 36:55–AT&T offers new details on 3 tier subscription VOD (https://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-offers-new-details-on-three-tier-subscription-vod-service-for-2019/#ftag=CAD590a51e)

* 14:06–Google keeps failing to understand tablets (https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/29/18117520/google-tablet-android-chrome-os-pixel-slate-failure)

* 9:40–DJI Osmo Pocket (https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/281404-dji-announces-super-tiny-osmo-pocket-3-axis-stabilized-camera)

* 37:30–Mass router hack exposes millions of devices  (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/11/mass-router-hack-exposes-millions-of-devices-to-potent-nsa-exploit/)

* 38:59–Citi Bike to triple in size (https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/29/18118057/citi-bike-lyft-triple-size-100-million-investment-nyc)

* 41:11–Gaming the Apple Podcasts is cheaper and easier (https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/29/18097381/apple-podcast-charts-click-farm-advertiser-revenue)

Pong

1972 – Andy Cappa’s tavern in CA was the site for the first Pong game was wheeled into the establishment. The coin-operated game was put in by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell and game designer Al Alcorn. The duo decided that making their own game – rather than having 3rd parties do it – would help keep costs down. They then turned an old Roller rink and converted to a production line. Pong was the first successful video game system.

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* Microsoft (http://dayintechhistory.com/tag/microsoft)is first mentioned in a letter from Bill Gates to Paul Allen

* Mercury-Atlas 5 carries the first chimpanzee into space

* Microsoft starts talking to Yahoo again – this time on a search deal

* Happy Birthday Leo Laporte (https://plus.google.com/101261243957067319422)

In a healthy spacecraft, the CO2 meter should climb no higher than 2 or 3 millimeters of mercury. When it rose above 7, the crew was instructed to change their lithium hydroxide canisters. If it was allowed to rise above … Continue reading → (http://spacerockethistory.com/?p=5124)

TRS-80-Model-2000

1983 – To counter IBM, Tandy releases the Tandy TRS-80 Model 2000 computer. It housed the 80186 processor and 128 KB of RAM. There were 2 – 720 KB floppy drives and the MS (http://dayintechhistory.com/tag/microsoft)–DOS Operating System. The prices ranged from $2,750. For an additional fee you could get a Monochrome graphics card, optional color monitor and extra RAM.

The Tandy 2000 was considerably faster than the IBM PC models.

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* Sony releases the Playstation 2 in the US

* 33 year old man dies from Cell phone battery – except not

Sega Dreamcast

1998 – Sega releases their next generation console – the Dreamcast – in Japan. It didn’t get released in the US until Sept 9 1999, but it was one of the more successful console launches of it’s time.The Dreamcast had a 200 MHz processor with on-die 128-bit vector graphics engine. The graphics hardware is a PowerVR2 CLX2 chipset, sound was a Yamaha AICA Sound Processor and 16 MB 100 MHz RAM.

The Dreamcast was discontinued on Jan 31, 2001 as Sega announced they were getting out of the console market.

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* Google Maps Terrain View

* E-Stamp stops selling postage