The ‘@’ sign is centuries old, and was used in Europe to denote a unit of weight (the “arroba”) equivalent to 25 lbs.
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The first webcam was used in 1991 by Cambridge researchers for checking the coffee pot without leaving their desks.
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28% of IT Professionals hide their career from family or friends out of fear of being asked to provide free tech support.
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In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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In 1956, the IBM 350 hard disk drive had 3.75 MB of storage, weighed over 2000 lbs, had to be moved around with forklifts, and was delivered via large cargo airplanes.
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The first computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in around 1964 and was made of wood.
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MySpace reports over 110 million registered users. Were it a country, it would be the tenth largest, just behind Mexico.
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