A primary technology iPhone going up for public sale hopes to fetch $50,000

New York CNN  —  An unopened first-generation iPhone from 2007 is hitting the public sale block Thursday – with an estimated worth of $50,000. Initially on sale for $599, the primary iPhone supplied early Apple adopters a 3.5-inch display with a 2-megapixel digicam, plus 4 GB and eight GB storage choices, web capabilities and iTunes. … Read more

Google Doodle options Black Silicon Valley trailblazer Jerry Lawson

In the present day’s Google Doodle highlights a little-known piece of Silicon Valley historical past.  The animation acknowledges tech and gaming pioneer Jerry Lawson, one of many few Black engineers working within the tech trade within the Seventies. Lawson, who died in 2011 on the age of 70, cemented his place in historical past when … Read more

Pong inventor made Steve Jobs work nights due to his B.O.

Allan Alcorn was determined when he employed a younger faculty dropout named Steve Jobs. Atari, the fledgling pc video games firm he labored for, was scrambling to workers up after the sudden success of its first sport, Pong. Now, right here was a younger hippie in sandals, ready in reception and asking for a job … Read more