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#63 Daily dose : SHERLOCK – The Search Engine of flipkart
From being just an online book store in 2007 to becoming the largest Indian e-commerce site, Flipkart has come a long way. Flipkart revolutionized India by starting online market where people preferred to purchase goods from brick and mortar shops. …
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#62 Daily dose : The history of Samsung
One of the great kings of the mobile world, Samsung has built itself into a massive mobile and electronics empire, though its story actually starts much earlier. How much earlier? 1938, actually. Throughout those years the company has evolved significantly, …
#61 Daily dose : A.I. Experiments by Google
Making it easier for anyone to start exploring A.I. With all the exciting A.I. stuff happening, there are lots of people eager to start tinkering with machine learning technology. A.I. Experiments is a showcase for simple experiments that let anyone …
#60 Daily dose : Interesting Facts About Adobe’s Photoshop
When it comes to image editing tools, there are many different software applications to choose from, but Adobe’s Photoshop has been the most popular tool for this particular task for a very long time now. However, in spite of the …
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#53 Daily dose : The origin of the name “Blackberry”
Research in Motion (RIM), is not known by many people as the founder company behind Blackberry.Back in 2001, RIM apparently hired a consultancy called Lexicon Branding to find a fitting title for its wireless messaging devices. Understandably, RIM had been …
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#30 Daily dose : Top 10 Features of Android 7.0 Nougat
Google’s latest Android 7.0 Nougat made its official debut earlier this week, bringing a slew of enhancements, tweaks and cool features to improve the overall experience. Android 7.0 Nougat is already available for download for select devices such as the …
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#21 Daily dose : What Was the First E-mail Message?
Since the 1990s, electronic mail has eclipsed snail mail and the fax to become the standard in the business world, and although social media sites are edging in on personal online messaging, e-mail still holds strong in that arena. You …
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#15 Daily dose : The birth of the iPhone
Apple’s iPhone wasn’t the first iPhone. Before Apple ever released the iPhone, Cisco Systems had originally patented the name. In fact, they sued Apple for calling its smartphone an iPhone. The Cisco iPhone was a VOIP phone that allowed users …
#14 Daily dose : The “!” in Yahoo!
Yahoo was first started by Jerry Yang and David Filo in February, 1994. It did not start as a search engine. In fact, they started it to keep track of their own interests online. Later it turned into a simple …
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