Wednesday 15 March 2017

Things You Didn’t Know About Technology



01. In 2012, at least 17 newborn girls were named Siri.


02. There are more than 682 million iPhone across the globe.


03. A red panda is native to the Himalayas and southwestern China. Translated, the English word for red panda is "Firefox," which is where the browser gets its name.


04. The word robot comes from the Czech “robota." In English, robota translates to "forced labor."


05. Created in 1956, the first ever VCR was the size of a piano.


06. The world's first camera took eight hours to snap a photo.


07. The very first Apple logo featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting underneath a tree, with an apple about to hit his head.


08. Alaska is the only state in America that can be typed on one row of a traditional English QWERTY keyboard.


09. About 1 out of 8 married couples actually met each other on the Internet.


10. Tech companies often test new products in New Zealand. The reasons for this? The country is diverse, its residents speak English, and if a product is a flop, news doesn't spread as fast because it is relatively isolated.


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