🎞 Power of Compound Growth
The entire Sun render farm for Toy Story (1995) had (v roughly) 1bn CPU transistors.
#Apple’s A8 SoC (iPhone 6): 2bn.
That is, on a basic measure, a 2 year old phone now has more computing power than was used to render Toy Story.
Image: the Pixar render farm in 1995. Half of an #iPhone.
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The entire Sun render farm for Toy Story (1995) had (v roughly) 1bn CPU transistors.
#Apple’s A8 SoC (iPhone 6): 2bn.
That is, on a basic measure, a 2 year old phone now has more computing power than was used to render Toy Story.
Image: the Pixar render farm in 1995. Half of an #iPhone.
#History
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💾 Yesterday's World: the old tech that kids don't know
A recent survey by YouGov has shown, 67% of the 6 to 18 year olds in the UK don't know what a floppy disk is. Other essentially obsolete tech such as overhead projectors (once present in almost every classroom), and pagers were recognised even less.
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❓ Do you remember any of these?
A recent survey by YouGov has shown, 67% of the 6 to 18 year olds in the UK don't know what a floppy disk is. Other essentially obsolete tech such as overhead projectors (once present in almost every classroom), and pagers were recognised even less.
#History
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❓ Do you remember any of these?
📚 It's Amazon's Birthday!
On this day (5 July) in 1994, #Amazon was founded in Bellevue, Washington. It went public three years later and raised $54 million.
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On this day (5 July) in 1994, #Amazon was founded in Bellevue, Washington. It went public three years later and raised $54 million.
#History
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🦍 It's Donkey Kong's Birthday!
On this day (9 July) in 1981 Nintendo released Donkey Kong.
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On this day (9 July) in 1981 Nintendo released Donkey Kong.
#History
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👾 Game Boy's Birthday
Game Boy was first released on the 100th anniversary of #Nintendo in 🇯🇵 on April 21, 1989, in 🇺🇸 on July 31, 1989 & in 🇪🇺 on September 28, 1990.
#History
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Game Boy was first released on the 100th anniversary of #Nintendo in 🇯🇵 on April 21, 1989, in 🇺🇸 on July 31, 1989 & in 🇪🇺 on September 28, 1990.
#History
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😊 Emoticon Birthday!
On this day (19 September) in 1982 Emoticon was invented.
#History
Happy :-) Day!
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On this day (19 September) in 1982 Emoticon was invented.
#History
Happy :-) Day!
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💸 eBay's IPO
On this day (24 September) in 1998 #eBay went public at $18 per share.
eBay’s revenue:
1998 → $86.1 million
2018 → $10.8 billion (forecast)
#History
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On this day (24 September) in 1998 #eBay went public at $18 per share.
eBay’s revenue:
1998 → $86.1 million
2018 → $10.8 billion (forecast)
#History
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🚖 Uber's First Round
On this day (15 October) in 2010, #Uber raised $1.3 million in its first round of financing.
Valuation:
2010 → $5 million
2018 → $72 billion
#History
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On this day (15 October) in 2010, #Uber raised $1.3 million in its first round of financing.
Valuation:
2010 → $5 million
2018 → $72 billion
#History
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📱 iPod Launch
On this day (23 October) in 2001, Steve Jobs launched the iPod, and everything changed for #Apple.
#History
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On this day (23 October) in 2001, Steve Jobs launched the iPod, and everything changed for #Apple.
#History
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⌨️ Microsoft Word
On this day (25 October) in 1983, #Microsoft released Microsoft Word for Xenix and MS-DOS; it was followed by four very similar versions that were not very successful. The first Windows version was released in 1989, with a slightly improved interface. When Windows 3.0 was released in 1990, Word became a huge commercial success (via Wikiperdia).
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On this day (25 October) in 1983, #Microsoft released Microsoft Word for Xenix and MS-DOS; it was followed by four very similar versions that were not very successful. The first Windows version was released in 1989, with a slightly improved interface. When Windows 3.0 was released in 1990, Word became a huge commercial success (via Wikiperdia).
#History
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