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June 15, 2014: Facebook Changes Breastfeeding Stance

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2014 – After a major protest from #FreetheNipple, Facebook decided to adjust their stance on photos of breastfeeding mothers. Facebook implemented the initial ban on December 30, 2008.

The new rule became: Any baby fully engaged in feeding where nipple was covered could remain posted. However, Facebook did have the right to pull down photos if enough complaints were lodged.

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1752 – Benjamin Franklin flies a Kite
1983 – Microsoft eXtended Basic (MSX)
1982 – Arcades and the First Amendment
2006 – Bill Gates announces he is stepping down from CEO of Microsoft

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May 25, 1999: Corel WordPerfect Office 2000

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1999 – A program first developed by Brigham young University for Data General minicomputers, WordPerfect was the word processing application for anyone using a computer in the 80’s and 90’s. I remember writing reports and papers using this software growing up, along with Quattro Pro for bookkeeping and printing daily reports at work. However, in 1994, WordPerfect started to gain some major competition when computers turned to GUI, and DOS was getting put on the back burner.

Corel, the owners of WordPerfect since 1996, wanted to ramp up production of not only the word processor, but also their other products in Quattro Pro, Presentations, Paradox and Corel Central. They company always said they wanted to be the “Pepsi version of MS Word (Coke)”.

Therefore, WordPerfect Office 2000 was released. It was not their first attempt of a suite (first rel. 1993), but was the first version released by Corel, and a path to their current version of the WordPerfect Office X7.

Like MS Office, WordPerfect Office can be purchased in Home and Student, Standard and Pro versions. Other features in the pack are Corel WinZip, Nuance Paperport, and NaturallySpeaking 3.

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Phillips electronics released the Laservision
CERN holds the first World Wide Web conference
Google Street view is launched in the US
A signed Steve Wozniak Apple I sells for $671,000

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May 18, 2001: Shrek Hits Theaters

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2001 – The computer animated movie “Shrek” hits theaters. The 90 minute movie was produced on a $60 million budget and although it’s first weekend only saw $42 million , the overall theatrical run brought in $487 million. Shrek was the first computer animated film to win an Academy Award (Best Animated Feature).

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Sony establishes: Sony Computer Entertainment of America
Dell add AMD processors
Facebook adds OpenID

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May 11, 2011: Google Chromebook Introduced

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2011 – Eric Schmidt shows off the new Google Chrome OS but with an added feature as he introduced Google Chromebook – a personal computer with the Google Chrome OS built-in. The device loads straight to the browser where you can install applications for functionality on your Chromebook. The first Chromebook would begin selling on June 15, 2011.

Since then, Google has released the Pixelbook, Pixelbook 2, and the newest Pixel Slate – their tablet offering.

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Sega begins shipping the Saturn system
AOL launches free webmail
Verizon sells part of Alltel to AT&T

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May 10, 2001 Trans Atlantic Cable TAT-14 Begins Service

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2001 – TAT-14, the Transatlantic cable begins commercial service. A dual, bi-directional ring configuration using Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplex (DWDM) – Sixteen wavelengths of STM-64 per fiber pair. It carried 640 Gbps, and connectedGermany, the UK, Denmark, France, and the Netherlands with the US.

Even though there have been a couple failures, TAT-14 is still in service.

BFS preview is released
Atari and MCA sign a joint venture

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May 9, 2014: Impeaching the Mayors of Foursquare

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2014 – Foursquare tried to re-organize and turn into a review-based app more than a check-in app. They moved the check-in over to a new app called “Swarm”. Because of this, they froze all mayorship spots so people would start moving to the new Swarm app, then writing reviews on Foursquare.

Unfortunately, people didn’t “swarm” to the new app like they hoped.

Foursquare brought back the mayor option in Swarm, and then revamped it into the “Mayorships Game”.

Foursquare celebrated 10 years on March 10, 2019.

uMax SuperMac
Facebook lifts the 5000 friend mark

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April 9, 2012: Facebook Purchased Instagram

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2012 – Facebook – trying to get a hold on photosharing – decides to not wait for their iPhone app to come out but instead purchase Instagram for 1 billion dollars ($300 million and 23 million shares of Facebook stock). The reason Facebook made the purchase was for the close to 50 million Instagram users. Facebook had plans to keep both companies separate, but found later that joining the two via databases would help both companies grow. The companies finalized the deal on September 6, 2012.

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AMD “Barcelona” Chip
smallbusiness.yahoo.com launches
Earthlink aquires PeoplePC
Jack Trammiel passes away

Mark Zuckerberg's first Interview after Facebook IPO

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March 13, 2013: Zuckerberg Calls President Obama

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2014 – Mark Zuckerberg told the press he called President Barak Obama to bring his concerns to the table. The Facebook post talked about trust on the Internet, keeping it a shared space and how we should work together to create a secure environment.

“I’ve called President Obama to express my frustration over the damage the government is creating for all of our future. Unfortunately, it seems like it will take a very long time for true full reform.”

The NSA stated they do not use their technical abilities to impersonate US company websites. The refuted all reports.

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