Some interesting facts about technology: The English word for red panda is ‘Firefox’ which is where the browser gets its name from – this means the Firefox logo is actually a red panda, not a fox! In 1994, the company who had a patent on GIFs tried to charge a fee for using GIFS. The PNG was invented as an alternative, and the company backed down. The very first Apple logo featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting underneath a tree, with an apple about to hit his head. The founder of Microsoft , Bill Gates, was a college drop out. Bill Gates house was designed using a Macintosh Computer. CD’s (Compact discs) read from the inside to the outside edge, which is the reverse of how records work. The average computer user blinks seven times a minute, the normal rate is twenty times per minute. The first ever VCR (Video Camera Recorder), which was made in 1956, was the size of a piano! On an average work day, a typist’s fingers travel about 12.6 miles. The 30 th of November is ...