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What programming was like in 1985

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:08:54 +0000

Jonh Graham-Cumming, a programmer from 1985, shows what programming was like back then, according to him it was quite common to write code on sheets of paper because of the limitations of the machines they used in those days.

Today, when we see programmers at companies like Facebook writing code on modern machines, we don’t imagine how difficult it was to get here.

However, the technology industry has evolved extraordinarily and quickly in recent decades. The image below shows the result of configuring a machine that put packaging on bottles, the algorithm was developed by Jonh.

Android was software for cameras

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:55:08 +0000

That’s right, Android began with a focus on cameras, according to Andy Rubin, creator of the original system, the initial intention of his invention was to reach the photography market.

However, Google acquired Android Inc in 2005 and the plans gradually changed and became more ambitious, making the platform the success it is today.

Recently Android reached 1.5 million activations per day, to think that the story could have been different, Android an operating system for digital cameras.

A brief history of the Internet

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:14:37 +0000

The Internet was born in 1969, in the United States. It originally connected research laboratories and was called ARPAnet (Advanced Research Projects Agency). It was a network of the United States Department of Defense.

The Cold War was taking place at that time, and the scientists aimed to create a network that would remain standing in the event of a bombing.

The main concept of the internet emerged: “A network in which all points are equivalent and there is no central command. Thus, if B stops working, A and C keep communicating”.