1840 – Samuel F.B. Morse received a US patent for “Improvement in the mode of communicating information by signals by the application of electro-magnetism.” We call it Morse code.
1926 – First wireless phone is demonstrated.
1950 – NBS Dedicates SEAC Machine
The National Bureau of Standards dedicated the SEAC (Standards Eastern Automatic Computer) in Washington as a laboratory for testing components and systems for setting computer standards. The SEAC was the first computer to use all diode logic, a technology more reliable than vacuum tubes, and was the first stored-program computer completed in the United States. Magnetic tape in the external storage units stored programming information, coded subroutines, numerical data and output.
1963 – A hotline was established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis. While later it would become the famous “red telephone” it started as a teletype.
1989 – Lotus 1-2-3 version 3.0 is released.
2000 – IBM 1 GB Microdrive.
2003 – The WikiMedia Foundation was founded in St. Petersburg, Florida by Jimmy Wales to oversee the Various Wiki project like Wikipedia.
2009 – Nokia purchase Nortel.
2014 – Smartphone Kill Switch
Microsoft and Google agree to the Kill switch technology. In a California bill SB-967, Smartphone built after July 1, 2015 will consist of a hardware or software option to “kill” the phone. Further, a $2,500 fine will be issued to anyone selling a stolen phone.
Once switched, the device will not be able to turn on, even during a hard reset.
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