Technology, ever-growing and ever-changing, brings us the future we have always imagined. But how did it get to where we are now? And what’s the next destination?
There are much-hidden fun and interesting facts about technology that even a geek like you would not be aware of.
Keep reading to learn about the fun facts.
1. YouTube was created as a dating site
Yes, well, that’s true. YouTube.com was registered on February 14, 2005, to be a video dating site. It was created as a platform for people to upload films of themselves talking about their ideal companion.
However, when no one was uploading videos after a while, YouTube modified its policy to enable any video.
2. Samsung started as a supermarket
In March 1938, the famed smartphone and electronics company began as a grocery store. Samsung first entered the electronics business in the 1960s.
3. The name Google was coined by chance
The term Google was inadvertently coined; it was initially intended to be called ‘Googol.’ (The number Googol is made up of 1 and 100 zeroes.)
The founders searched for ‘google.com’ instead of ‘googol.com’ to determine the availability of the domain. They loved that name even more, and on September 15, 1997, they registered the domain name.
4. The time on every iPhone advertising is set to 9:41
Every Apple iPhone advertisement is set to 9:41. In 2007, Steve Jobs debuted the very first iPhone at this moment.
5. Nokia used to be a company that sold toilet paper
Nokia made various other products, including toilet paper, tires, computers, and other electronics, before selling phones.
6. Motorola was the first company to create a portable mobile phone
And their first phone call was to a competitor
It may sound astonishing, but it is true. Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive made the first mobile telephone call using portable subscriber equipment on April 3, 1973, calling his competitor, Bell Labs (AT&T).
7. Every day, around 3.5 billion Google searches happen
People who look for ‘Google’ account for 7.2 percent of this traffic.
You can find Google Search Trends at
https://trends.google.com/trends
8.Nintendo used to make playing cards
much before they started making video games.
Nintendo began as a playing card company in 1889. It wasn’t until 1978 that they released their first video game.
9. There isn’t a fox in the Firefox logo
It’s a red panda, to be precise.
The Firefox logo is commonly mistaken for a fox (I mean, it’s in the name), but it’s a red panda!
10. Before the first iPhone, Apple was working on an apple-shaped flip phone.
Apple patented a phone design in the shape of an apple before the original iPhone design. It was a flip phone that looked like the Apple logo when closed.
