Some interesting facts about technology

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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 30th of November is known as “Computer Security Day“.
  • On 1st April 2005, NASA pulled a prank telling the world that they had found water on Mars.
  • A dentist named Alfred Southwick invented the electric chair.
  • The creators of the PNG file format wanted it to be pronounced as ‘ping’.
  • Ubuntu is one of the more popular distributions of Linux. The word Ubuntu comes from an African word meaning “I am because of you”.
  • The Name “Macintosh” Was Inspired by an Apple with the name “mcintosh”.
  • The reason behind Twitter’s 140 character limit lies in its beginning as an SMS service.
  • The bird seen in the logo of Twitter is named Larry after iconic basketball player Larry Bird, who played for NBA side Boston Celtics.
  • The first Tweet posted by Google was, “I’m 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010." In binary system, it stands for “I’m feeling lucky.”
  • Google didn’t really come up with gmail. Gmail.com was in fact a free email service offered by Garfield (the famous cartoon cat character). Google simply acquired gmail.
  • When the Internet was not popular, floppy disks were used to spread computer viruses.
  • If you look closely, you will find that Mario hits the brick with the punches and not with his head.
  • Instagram was not originally called 'Instagram'. It was initially called 'Burban'.
  • Blackberry was named so because the keys resembled the fruit.

GOOGLE: Global Organization of Oriented Group Language of Earth.

COMPUTER: Common Operating Machine Purposely Used for Technological and Educational Research.

YAHOO: "Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle" or "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle".

LAPTOP: Lightweight Analytical Platform Total Optimized Power.

INTERNET: Interconnected Network.

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