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Today in 1983, the wireless industry was born when the head of Ameritech Mobile Communications placed the first commercial cellphone call from Chicago (home of the first city-wide cellular network) to Alexander Graham Bell’s grandson in Germany. Today industry revenues … Continue reading →

I hate to bite the hand that Feeds me so much information   — Duran Duran

A quarter of Americans (32% for Internet users) have posted product reviews or comments online. 46% of Americans use social networks such as Facebook or LinkedIn (up from 5% in 2005). Source: Pew Internet

Today in 1952, George Santayana died, aged 88. His most famous quote could serve as a motto for this blog: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” He also said: ““History is always written wrong, and … Continue reading →

Today in 1982, Scott Fahlman became the first person to use 🙂 in an online message.

Seventy years ago today, four French teenagers and their dog, Robot, discovered the 17,000 year-old cave paintings at Lascaux.  In 1947, LIFE’s Ralph Morse went to Lascaux, and became the first photographer to ever document the paintings.

could lead to smaller, faster computers, sensors and communications systems that can overcome the limitations of current electronics