The computer mouse as we know it today was invented and developed by Douglas Engelbart, with the assistance of Bill English, during the 1960’s and was patented on November 17, 1970. While creating the mouse, Douglas was working at the …
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#19 Daily dose : The history of silicon valley
The term “Silicon Valley” usually refers to the Santa Clara Valley in California.Silicon Valley became famous as the birthplace of the silicon-based transistor in the 1950s. A man named Don Hoefler later entered the nickname into the public consciousness through …
#13 Daily dose : The First skype wedding
On March 7, 2011 Samuel Kim and Helen Oh, both 27, were to be married in California until the groom got a lung infection, putting him in the UCI Medical Center hospital in Orange. The duo had friends and family …
#8 Daily dose: Google’s pet – An T-Rex named Stan
Google has a pet T-rex, named Stan, which lives at their California headquarters. Founders bought it to remind the employees to not let Google go extinct. The lawn outside Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, is dominated by the imposing visage …
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