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                     Tech Facts About Microsoft  After an unfortunate naming abbreviation mishap in Windows 98 with the Critical Update Notification Tool, the program was renamed to Utility to form CUNU. In 2014 Bing, the Microsoft search engine, accurately predicted that the World Cup Final would be Argentina v Germany. Former CEO Steve Ballmer said in 2011 that he found it hard for him to become excited when it came to Android devices. Microsoft only have an estimated 25% of the stores worldwide when compared to their biggest competitor; Apple. In 1992, the first ever Windows virus became prevalent; WinVer 1.4 but this virus was not the first PC ever, this came much earlier in 1986. A man named Bob and Microsoft came to an agreement over internet domains after Bob owned “windows2000.com” and Microsoft owned “Bob.com”. Microsoft’s Encyclopaedic software; Encarta was discontinued in 2009, it was codenamed Ga...

  Tech Facts About Microsoft  Microsoft employee’s gender balance is at almost 3/4 male to female according to one list in 2015, the average software engineer gets $106,000. The 10000th patent Microsoft acquired was for the Microsoft Surface, the revolutionary laptop device. The Hyphen in the company name, Micro-Soft, was removed after a decision was made in 1981. Q33 was the first plane to hit during 9/11 in 2001, when you type in Q33 in Microsoft’s Wingding’s font, a very sinister and uncouth thing appears; Q33. Whether a coincidence or a cruel joke, I strongly believe Microsoft should remove it. The Microsoft Mouse was Microsoft’s first delve into the world of peripheral mice. The device released in 1983, came with any purchase of Microsoft Word. Sonoma County California was the location of the most famous Windows desktop backgrounds; the field with a blue sky or “Bliss” to give its official name, the photo was taken in 1996. To keep up with Google, Microsoft has an army of...

Tech Facts About Microsoft  Microsoft’s first major deal was with IBM for their new computer’s operating system in 1980 which the company named PC DOS, the deal was a whopping $50,000. November 1985 saw the first release of Microsoft Windows; Windows 1.0, a 16-bit system. Bill Gates was officially the youngest billionaire when he reached this astounding feat in 1987 at the humble age of 31. Gates’ famous property Xanadu 2.0 is supposedly worth a staggering $123 million as of 2017. The renowned Windows Jingle, recognized across the world, was created for Windows 95 and was designed by musician Brian Eno. Workers at Microsoft bring 1lb of M&Ms in to celebrate their time at the company on their anniversary for each year of employment. So if you work there 10 years, that 10lb of chocolate! Microsoft created the first smartwatch in 1994 with the Datalink 150. The watch, co-produced by Timex, required a PC running Windows 3.1 and over and was water resistant to 100 meters, much more ...

Top 5 Tech Facts About BMW  BMW used to specialize in airplane engines. BMW made its first electric car in 1972. BMW holds the Guinness world record for longest drift. BMW has a back story to its logo. The BMW headquarters is designed like their car engines. Thank You!! PS: Blogging is Passion Of Mine.

                  Top 5 Tech Facts Water Integrator — a computer that ran on water -      Vladimir Sergeevich Lukyanov built the world’s first computer in 1936 that solved differential equations in partial derivatives. The amazing fact is that the machine was driven by water. The first computer mouse was called ‘X-Y Position Indicator for Display Systems’ -  The world’s first computer mouse was invented at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in the 1960s. The equipment was called “X-Y position indicator for displays”. Wikipedia is maintained by thousands of bots -  Most of today’s internet users are aware of what Wikipedia is. It is a vast collection of crowd-sourced information available online. It is common knowledge that the online encyclopedia is created and edited by volunteers. Apple once forayed into the apparel business -   Apple also had a clothing line in 1986? The collection was called ‘The App...

                   Facts Related To Technology  Credit card chips have been around for a LONG time -      To many, credit card chips are a relatively new fad. However, chip technology has been around since 1986! The first camera needed an incredibly long exposure -  The first photograph ever taken in 1826 took 8 hours to expose! The Radio took 38 years to reach an audience of 50 million -    You would think the invention of the radio would be a big deal, but it took 38 years for the radio to reach an audience of 50 million. Megabytes used to weigh hundreds of pounds -     At the time, it was a huge leap in storage capabilities, but the cabinet that contained the hard drive weighed over 2,200 pounds and could hold 5 MBs of data. Domain name registration used to be free -    Way back when people didn’t realize how huge the internet would be, registering a domain name was free unti...

                   Facts Related To Technology  Steve Jobs used sleight of hand at the first iPhone presentation -      The first iPhone presentation happened six months before the iPhone was set to hit the market. At that time, the phone was too buggy to use, so Steve Jobs often had to switch phones behind his desk. Otherwise, it would run out of RAM and crash. The majority of the people plug in their USB wrong -  86% of people try to plug in their USB devices upside down. The original Xbox had sound snippets of real space missions -    The original Xbox contained edited sound bites from actual transmissions from the Apollo missions. If you left the Xbox on the home screen, eventually you’ll hear whispers of conversation – actual chatter from the Apollo mission. Which came first, Spam mail or Spam meat? -     Spam mail was named after the canned meat! In a Monty Python skit, they said Sp...