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December 12: Apple Initial Public Offering

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1980 – Apple Computer goes up for their Initial Public Offering and makes a statement in the market. Using the symbol “Steve Jobs reports $217 Million, being the largest shareholder. It beat out Ford Motor when it went IPOV (IPO Viral).

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May 29, 1999: Five Million Domain Names Registered

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1999 – Believeinkids.com became the five-millionth domain name in the world. At the time, a domain name cost $70 for the first year, $35 a year thereafter.

The domain name was abandoned and is still available to this day.


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  • Vim 4.0 is released
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March 13, 2013: Zuckerberg Calls President Obama

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Mark Zuckerberg’s first Interview after Facebook IPO

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.

Post by Mark Zuckerberg.

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  • Apple and Bandai demonstrate the Pippin Atmark Multimedia computer
  • JTS sells Atari to HIACXI
  • Jerry Jalava gets the first prothstetic thumb drive
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December 12: Apple Initial Public Offering

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1980 – Apple Computer goes up for their Initial Public Offering and makes a statement in the market. Using the symbol “AAPL“, Apple shares started at $22 – but sell out within minutes. By the end of the day, shares rose to $29. The market value became 1.8 Billion, which, in turn, made employees and investors pretty rich – Steve Jobs reports $217 Million, being the largest shareholder. It beat out Ford Motor when it went IPOV (IPO Viral).

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  • OSCAR I goes into orbit
  • Christopher Cockerell patents the Hovercraft
  • FidoNet #1 Hard drive failure
  • Gawker.com is hacked and full email, password information was up on the Pirate Bay
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May 29, 1999: Five Million Domain Names

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believeinkids

1999 – Believeinkids.com became the five-millionth domain name in the world. At the time, a domain name cost $70 for the first year, $35 a year thereafter.

The domain name was abandoned and is still available to this day.

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for May 29

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  • Vim 4.0 is released
  • IEEE 1394 officially becomes “Firewire”
Mark Zuckerberg's first Interview after Facebook IPO

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March 13, 2013: Zuckerberg Calls President Obama

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Mark Zuckerberg's first Interview after Facebook IPO
Mark Zuckerberg’s first Interview after Facebook IPO

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.

Post by Mark Zuckerberg.

Wikazine – Full show notes for March 13

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  • Apple and Bandai demonstrate the Pippin Atmark Multimedia computer
  • JTS sells Atari to HIACXI
  • Jerry Jalava gets the first prothstetic thumb drive
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May 29, 2002: Netflix Filed IPO

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May 29, 2002: Netflix initiated Public Offering at $15/share

2002– Netflix, the rental movie-by-mail service, initiated their Public offering. They sold 5,500,000 starting at $15 a share. They sold an additional 825,000 the next day. Of course, the Netflix stock has fluctuated over the years, including 2011, when CEO Reed Hastings tried to split their online and DVD rentals, then announced Qwikster – with hopes to sell that side of the company. Of course, he retracted that statement, but not before loosing 2/3 of stock price (was at $291 in 2011, now at $70 / share).

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for May 29

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  • Vim 4.0 is released
  • believeinkids.com became the 5 millionth domain name
  • IEEE 1394 officially becomes “Firewire”
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March 13, 1986: Microsoft’s Initial Public Stock Offering (IPO)

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March 13, 1986: Microsoft gets an IPO

1986-$21.00 a share was the first price for stock in Microsoft. 2.5 million shares were sold, raising the price to 27.75 and netting the company 61 million initially. Since then, the highest it has gone was 57.91 on Dec 24th, 1999. Yet with about 10 stock splits and several dividends in the 24 years, people definitely got their money’s worth. If you would have purchased 100 shares in 1986 and let those shares ride until today, you would have 102,400 shares of stock at appx. $29 a share.

Wikazine – Full show notes for March 13

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  • Apple and Bandai demonstrate the Pippin Atmark Multimedia computer
  • JTS sells Atari to HIACXI
  • Jerry Jalava gets the first prothstetic thumb drive
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