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On April 1, 2004 the now ubiquitous Gmail service was launched as an invitation-only beta email service. Although it was first met with skepticism due to being launched on April Fool’s Day, Gmail’s ease of use and speed quickly won people over. #MondayMemories #Gmail

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Remember MySpace? It still has over 200 million registered users. Even more mind-blowing is the fact that, despite a massive data loss during a recent sever migration, the site still has over 50 million daily active users. #FunFactFriday #MySpace

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Short for “Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Netwide Index to Computerized Archives,” VERONICA is a search engine that allows you to search all of the world’s gopher servers using keywords, then displays a list of gopher menus and articles with the keywords you searched. #WisdomWednesday

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On this day 22 years ago, the movie “Twister” became the first feature film to be released on DVD. The revolutionary disc storage format was developed in 1995, and while there were other films that came before it, “Twister” was the very first mass produced DVD. #MondayMemories

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If you were to have your picture taken by the very first camera made in 1826, you’d have to sit still for 8 hours. However, in 1839, a new camera was introduced, shaving that time down to just 15 minutes. #FunFactFriday #Photography #Technology

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The boot sector is a dedicated section of a hard drive that contains data used to turn on a computer. It works by accessing the master boot record (MBR) during the boot sequence to load the appropriate software. #WisdomWednesday #BootSector #Computer #HardDrive

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On March 18, 1974, Atari introduced Gran Trak 10, the first arcade game to use solid state read-only memory (ROM) to store the game’s components, a revolution at the time. It is also the first game to have defined characters rather than dots. #MondayMemories #Atari #VideoGames

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Did you know that the Chinese name for red panda is “hunho” which translates to “Firefox” in English? This is where the browser gets its name, as well as its inspiration for the famous logo. #FunFactFriday #Firefox #Logo

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The client-server model describes how a server provides resources and services to one or more clients. For example, a web server can provide a connection to desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. #WisdomWednesday #ClientServerModel #Server #Technology

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The client-server model describes how a server provides resources and services to one or more clients. For example, a web server can provide a connection to desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. #WisdomWednesday #ClientServerModel #Server #Technology

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Is It Time to Upgrade The Operating System On Your Office Devices? #InformationTechnology #TechNews https://t.co/H3rqsNxviT

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Who ever would have thought that technology could come this far? Dream big this #MotivationalMonday. #Technology #Computers

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Did you know that during the first live presentation of the iPhone in 2007, Steve Jobs kept secretly switching phones behind the desk, otherwise, the phone would have run out of RAM and crashed. Good thing the iPhone has had a few updates since then! #FunFactFriday #Apple

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An impact printer is a type of printer that operates by striking a metal or plastic head against an ink ribbon. The ink ribbon is pressed against the paper, marking the page with the appropriate character or symbol. #WisdomWednesday #Printer #Technology

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This is an amazing time for technology! With all the innovation around us, it’s hard not to be inspired. #MotivationalMonday #QuoteOfTheDay #Technology #Inspiration

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Originally designed as a flip phone, the first patent for the iPhone in 1985 includes an apple shape and a push keypad. Luckily, this unusual device never made it past this stage because of its impracticality. #FunFactFriday #Apple #iPhone

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Screen tearing is a distortion in graphics that happens when the processor Is out of sync with the display. This line break in video or game play occurs when the GPU is unable to keep up with the refresh rate of the monitor. #WisdomWednesday #ScreenTearing #GPU

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With a lot of hard work and determination, yesterday’s creative concepts have become today’s technological realities. Use this as motivation to take action on your ideas today. They could set the stage for the future. #MotivationalMonday #Technology #QuoteOfTheDay

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For most of us, the early internet dial-up tone is a distant memory. But did you know that there are over 2 million people in the United States who still use AOL 56k dial up modems? Are you one of them? #FunFactFriday #DialUp #Modem #AOL