1. The Radio took 38 years to reach an audience of 50 million.
You would think the invention of the radio would be a big deal, but it took 38 years for the radio to reach an audience of 50 million.Meanwhile, the iPod only took 3 years to reach the same milestone!
2. The first camera needed an incredibly long exposure.
The first photograph ever taken in 1826 took 8 hours to expose!
The creator of that camera, Louis Daguerre, was able to lower that time drastically to just 15 minutes in 1839.
3. Alexa is always listening to your conversations.
This probably isn’t new to you. Siri has been doing it forever.
Alexa stores your dialogue history to its cloud to help improve your Alexa experience.
But, you can review and delete these recordings, either in bulk, or individually.
4. GPS is free… for some.
Even though it is free to use GPS globally, it costs $2 million dollars to operate every day.
This money comes from American tax revenue.
5. Mac computers were named after the apple.
It’s not a coincidence that “Macintosh” is similar to the apples called “mcintosh”.
The name was misspelled on purpose to avoid conflict with a manufacturer called “McIntosh Laboratory”.
6. The first computer mouse wasn’t made from plastic.
Back in 1964, Doug Engelbart invented the first ever computer mouse! Back then, it was made out of wood.
It was rectangular and featured a little button on the top right.
He called it a mouse because the cord coming out of the back reminded him of the tiny rodents.
7. The original Xbox had sound snippets of real space missions.
The original Xbox contained edited sound bites from actual transmissions from the Apollo missions.
If you left the Xbox on the home screen, eventually you’ll hear whispers of conversation – actual chatter from the Apollo mission.
8. The majority of the people plug in their USB wrong.
86% of people try to plus in their USB devices upside down.
That makes me feel a lot better about getting it wrong every time!
9. Computer Security Day is celebrated on November 30th.
It was started in 1988 to help raise the awareness of computer related security issues.
To celebrate Computer Security Day is easy, and important – check your privacy settings on Facebook, change your passwords to something stronger.
You can also read the latest technology facts and make sure your data stored on your phone, or in the cloud is secure.
10. The government used PlayStation 4’s… but not for gaming.
In 2010, the United States Air Force used 1,760 PlayStation 3 consoles to build a supercomputer for the Department of Defense.
They used PS3’s because it was more cost efficient and “green.”
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