Did you know? Tech trivia

I’ve researched high and low to find you the most eccentric and interesting details about technology from the very first computer, to technology of the futurity.

Zuckerbreg is colour blind

The interface of Facebook is majorly blue in colour because co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is red-blue colour blind.

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Google was a mistake

The name of Google is actually misspelled as founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin wanted to use “googol” (100 zeros after 1), which would have represented unlimited information.

Why 140 characters?

The reason behind Twitter’s 140 character limit lies in its beginning as an SMS service.

YouTube: An online dating site?

The initial version of YouTube was a dating site by the name of ‘Tune In Hook Up”.

Mousie Mouse

The first mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1963; it comprised of a hard wooden shell and two clunky metal wheels.

Father of Information

Claude Shannon, the man acknowledged as the Father of Information Theory, invented the digital circuit - the foundation of the magic that furnishes us all access to the Internet today - during his master’s degree program, when he was just 21 years old.

Google also produces CO2

One Google search produces about 0.2g of CO2. But since you barely get an answer from one search, a typical search session produces about the same amount of CO2 as does boiling a kettle.

IBM helped NASA

IBM played a big role in assisting NASA in executing its first landing on the moon in 1969.

The Composer

The famous Microsoft sound was composed by famous musician Brian Eno.

Amazon or Cadabra?

The co-founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos initially wanted to name the company Cadabra, after the magic word “Abracadabra”.

The iPads Retina Display

The retina display of iPad, Apple’s multimedia tablet, is actually a Samsung production.

From the September 2017 issue of FHM India.