May 27, 2003: WordPress CMS Released
WordPress 2003 – Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little created a Fork of B2/cafelog. From there, WordPress was born. Since its release, WordPress has taken over Content Management Systems (CMS) with its ease...
View ArticleJune 11, 1980: Steve Ballmer Joins Microsoft
June 11, 1980: Steve Ballmer is hired as Microsoft’s first Business Manager 1980 – Otherwise known as “The 24th Man” (to join Microsoft, that is), Steve Ballmer came on as Microsoft’s first Business...
View ArticleJuly 7, 1994: I3enc Released (a.k.a. MP3)
July 7, 1994: Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits released MP3 format 1994 – The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) released I3enc – otherwise known at MP3. This is also known...
View ArticleJuly 14, 2011: Spotify Comes to the US
July 14, 2011: Spotify comes to the US 2011 – The US waited for this Swedish music streaming service, and on this day, we got it. Founded in 2006, Spotify announced after exhaustive negotiation with...
View ArticleJuly 27, 1993: Windows NT 3.1 released
July 27, 1993: Windows NT 3.1 was released 1993 – Microsoft released another Operating System to focus the business. NT 3.1 was the first release in the NT series. NT stood for “N-Ten,” the codename...
View ArticleNovember 30, 1959: $2.9 Million IBM 7090 Mainframe
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...
View ArticleDecember 2, 1991: Apple Quicktime
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 –...
View ArticleDecember 7, 1978: Microsoft Staff Picture
Microsoft Crew 1978 – It is one of the most infamous pictures in tech today. This is the Microsoft crew. Can you guess which one is Bill Gates? The picture was updated in 2008 when the group (except...
View ArticleDecember 31: Technology Roundup
numbers On this day, we basically crunch numbers. This is where you will see companies let you know how much of their products are out there. How many copies of Windows have been sold, how many PC‘s...
View ArticleJanuary 30, 2004: Gateway Acquires eMachines
eMachines eOne Computer Gateway computer makes a bold move and purchases rival eMachines for 50 million shares of Gateway common stock and $30 million in cash. eMachines was a company founded by Lap...
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