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Game Informer will print the last magazine after 33 years

06.08.24

Founded in August 1991 by FuncoLand, Game Informer magazine had over three million subscribers, making it the largest gaming magazine.

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Google Maps to Add VR Panoramas of Historical Sites from the 1900s

04.08.24

AR Experiences in Google Maps will be available for places of cultural, social or historical significance.

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Japan has completely abandoned floppy disks only now. They were used until 2024 according to 1034 rules

13.07.24

history memory drive world events

Floppy disks were particularly popular in the 1970s and 1990s for transferring data between computers not connected to a network.

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The x86 architecture is almost 50 years old. Intel 8086 processor was introduced on June 8, 1978

10.06.24

history Intel processor

Introduced on June 8, 1978, the Intel 8086 processor began an era of Intel dominance in the world of microprocessors.

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The Geneva Motor Show is closing. Annual car exhibition holds for 119 years

02.06.24

car history world events

The first auto show in Geneva took place in 1905, attracting 17 thousand visitors. After the economic crisis and the First World War, the exhibition resumed in 1923 and reached its peak in 2005 with almost 750 thousand visitors

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3DMark developers show video cards performance growth since 2016

27.05.24

history videocard

UL Solutions collected all 48 million 3DMark Time Spy results over the past 8 years to demonstrate the increase in average graphics card performance over that period.

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What is RCS and why is it the imposed future of all messengers, including iMessage?

22.01.24

Apple business history telecom world events

The history of messaging protocols can be boring, sometimes fascinating, but money and competition will sooner or later force everyone to submit to market standards.

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History of the DotA game: from Warcraft 3 to Valve

28.12.15

cybersport Dota 2 games history

DotA collects the largest budgets in the industry at cyber championships and has captivated the minds of millions of gamers. How did this happen? We tell in our material about the history of the creation of DotA

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Galvin SCR-536: the harsh ancestor of the mobile phone

30.03.15

broadcasting history mobile connection Motorola

Providing reliable communications to the US Army in World War II, engineers at Galvin Manufacturing (the future Motorola) created a compact walkie-talkie. The development of mobile communications came from it.

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Sony Walkman: Iconic Portability

13.01.15

earphones history media players Sony

The first compact audio players appeared 35 years ago. But despite all the efforts of competitors who produced similar devices, it was Sony’s equipment that became the very basis of the portable audio device industry. Why are the devices of the Japanese company so popular with users?

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