by Mike Hendren | May 2, 2025 | Tech History
April 28, 2003 The music marketplace is revolutionized once more as Apple launches the iTunes Music Store. Consumers can purchase music for 99¢ a song for use with the Apple iPod and iTunes software. Of course Apple was not the first to offer a digital music sales...
by Mike Hendren | Feb 19, 2025 | Tech History
February 19, 1987–Apple.com is born! If the date is throwing you off a bit, it’s understandable. Was anything dot com on your mind in 1987? Not likely. This historic event occurred some four years before the World Wide Web was officially launched. Talk...
by Mike Hendren | Dec 12, 2024 | Tech History
December 11, 2008 Google releases the first public version of Chrome. Chrome quickly became the most popular and in-demand browser in the world. Many Mac users even seem to prefer Chrome over Safari.
by Mike Hendren | Oct 31, 2024 | Tech History
October 31, 2000 On this date, Russia launched the Soyuz TM-31. The mission carried the first crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been manned on a continual basis since this mission. The first crew included Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei...
by Mike Hendren | Oct 30, 2024 | Tech History
October 30, 1938 On this date in 1938, acclaimed writer, director, and actor Orson Wells’ Mercury Theatre on The Air broadcast a radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel The War of the Worlds, depicting a Martian invasion of New Jersey. The first half of the broadcast...
by Mike Hendren | Oct 23, 2024 | Tech History
October 18, 1954 Texas Instruments and IDEA Corporation introduce the TR-1 Regency transistor radio. This marked the first consumer use of transistors, previously only used in industrial and military applications. The pocket-sized radio sold for $49.95 (that’s...
