Steve Jobs introducing the first Macintosh, 33 years ago today (24 January 1984). #History #Apple

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The fascinating #history of how #SiliconValley became a $2.8 trillion neighborhood.
[via TechInsider]

#TBT

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​​🎉 Happy 42nd Birthday Apple!

#Apple Founder, Steve Jobs, thought it would be funny to found his company on April Fools' Day. Here’s to the biggest joke in #History!

1. Apple's first Logo the Newton Crest
2. Apple's worldwide headquarters on 01/04/1976
3. Apple's first computer built by Steve Wozniak & Steve Jobs

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​​⏳ Steve Jobs' 1973 Job Application

Major: English lit
Access to transportation: possible, but not probable
Skills: (design, tech)
Interests: digital

#TBT #History

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🎵 iTunes Music Store

15 Years ago today, in 2003: #Apple launches the #iTunes Music Store.

#History

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​​🎞 Power of Compound Growth

The entire Sun render farm for Toy Story (1995) had (v roughly) 1bn CPU transistors.
#Apple’s A8 SoC (iPhone 6): 2bn.
That is, on a basic measure, a 2 year old phone now has more computing power than was used to render Toy Story.
Image: the Pixar render farm in 1995. Half of an #iPhone.

#History

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​​💾 Yesterday's World: the old tech that kids don't know

A recent survey by YouGov has shown, 67% of the 6 to 18 year olds in the UK don't know what a floppy disk is. Other essentially obsolete tech such as overhead projectors (once present in almost every classroom), and pagers were recognised even less.

#History

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❓ Do you remember any of these?

​​📚 It's Amazon's Birthday!

On this day (5 July) in 1994, #Amazon was founded in Bellevue, Washington. It went public three years later and raised $54 million.
#History

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🦍 It's Donkey Kong's Birthday!

On this day (9 July) in 1981 Nintendo released Donkey Kong.
#History

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👾 Game Boy's Birthday

Game Boy was first released on the 100th anniversary of #Nintendo in 🇯🇵 on April 21, 1989, in 🇺🇸 on July 31, 1989 & in 🇪🇺 on September 28, 1990.
#History

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😊 Emoticon Birthday!

On this day (19 September) in 1982 Emoticon was invented.
#History

Happy :-) Day!

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