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Facebook History-Revealed Facebook was early known as Facemash which was started in the year 2003 October 28. This website was invented by Eduardo Saverin, Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Hughes and Dustin Moskovitz, all were students of Harvard. Very few know that facebook name was Facemash before. When … [Read more...]
Open Office history The OpenOffice.org office suite is based on a commercial suite called StarOffice. Originally developed by a German company, StarOffice was purchased by Sun Microsystems in the United States. One of the biggest complaints about the old StarOffice was that all the component … [Read more...]
History of DELL Dell was founded by Michael Dell on November 4, 1984. Dell headquarters is on Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas United States. It is an American multinational technology corporation, It develops, supports and sells computer related products and services. As of 2011, the company sold … [Read more...]
History of C programming language ‘C’ seams a strange name for a programming language. But this strange sounding language is one of the most popular computer languages today because it is a structured, high-level, machine independent language. It allows software developers to develop programs … [Read more...]
Different types of robots FIRST ROBOT In 1495 Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) sketched plans for a humanoid robot, Da Vinci's notebook was discovered in 1950s, it contained detailed drawings of a mechanical knight now known as Leonardo's robot, it was able to wave its arms, move its head and jaw … [Read more...]
History of Wikipedia In March 2000, The Nupedia project was started by Jimmy Wales with Larry Sanger as editor-in-chief, Nupedia requested encyclopedia articles from academics then took the articles to fellow students for review, they were then posted for free on internet, In earlier days the … [Read more...]
History of Linux In 1991, in Helsinki, Linus Torvalds began a project that later became the Linux Kernel, it was a terminal emulator, which Torvalds used to access the large UNIX servers of the university, Linus Torvalds had wanted to call his invention Freax, a portmanteau of "freak", "free", and … [Read more...]
What is LinkedIn-explained LinkedIn is a social networking site, but it’s not like Facebook, its fully business-related social networking site. It is mainly used for professional networking. It was founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003. LinkedIn is available in English, German, … [Read more...]
What is Facebook-explained Facebook is a social networking service; Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow computer students Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin. Facebook website was launched in February 2004; it was operated and privately owned … [Read more...]
What is Twitter basically Twitter is an online social networking and micro blogging service, Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Dorsey introduced the idea of an individual using an SMS service to communicate with a small group. The original project code name for the service was … [Read more...]