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Blog posts tagged with 'Flashback Friday'

Friday, August 31

Flashback Friday

By Brad

This week, take a trip back to 1983 when a little movie about a computer whiz kid bringing America to the brink of nuclear annihilation took America by storm.

Friday, August 24

Flashback Friday

By Brad

This week, courtesy of CTIA, comes a look at the 1996 Telecommunications Act.

Friday, August 17

Flashback Friday

By Brad

This week, take a look at what kids had to say about the Internet way back in 1995.

Friday, August 10

Flashback Friday

By Brad

From 1982, introduce your family to the world of the future with the Commodore 64!

Friday, July 27

Flashback Friday

By Brad

From 1977, meet the first portable computer, also known as the IBM 5100.

Friday, July 13

Flashback Friday

By Brad

Today, YouTube streams billions of hours of content each year. But it was just seven years ago — April 23, 2005, at 8:27 pm, to be exact — that the first video was posted. As you can see, it wasn’t very exciting.

Friday, July 06

Flashback Friday

By Brad

Before there was mobile broadband, before there even was broadband altogether, there was the 56K modem and its funny — some would say annoying — sounds.

Friday, June 29

Flashback Friday

By Brad

Given today’s five-year anniversary of the iPhone, it’s only fitting we look back at the TV spot that helped start it all.

Friday, June 08

Flashback Friday

By Brad

This week, a Movietone News reel from 1946 debuting ENIAC, the world’s first computer, to the moviegoing public.

Friday, June 01

Flashback Friday

By Brad

This week, a look at communication from 1947.

Friday, May 25

Flashback Friday

By Brad

Speaking of space, this week let’s take a look back at one of the most historic moments in America’s history — a moment achieved before the Internet, mobile broadband, and even mobile phones.

Friday, May 18

Flashback Friday

By Brad

This week, we travel all the way back to the year 1957 for a glimpse of what the home of the future would look like.

Friday, May 11

Flashback Friday

By Brad

What did the Internet look like on a cellphone in the mid-’90s? Thanks to this dusty ad from Qualcomm, we can take a trip back in time.

Friday, May 04

Flashback Friday

By Brad

This week, a gem from 1989 courtesy of Radio Shack, which has you covered for all your $799 portable phone needs.

Friday, April 27

Flashback Friday

By Brad

Today, Apple is known as one of the best advertisers in the tech space. But back in 1996, things were a bit different, as this surprisingly bland infomercial proves.

Friday, April 20

Flashback Friday

By Brad

From the 1980s, say goodbye to typing mistakes with the amazing new electronic word processor for Magnavox!

Friday, April 06

Flashback Friday

By Brad

Today, we take for granted the ability to check sports scores from anywhere. But back in 1996, it required a special service.

Friday, March 30

Flashback Friday

By Brad

In this ABC interview from 1974, famed sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke predicts both the personal computer and the Internet. Cool stuff.

(Via GigaOm.)

Friday, March 23

Flashback Friday

By Brad

Ah, the days before smartphones, back when a revolutionary device known as the pager promised to keep you connected wherever you went. Just ask Spock!

Friday, March 16

Flashback Friday

By Brad

This week, let’s take a trip back to 1986, when an amazing new gadget known as the “mobile telephone” could be purchased for the low, low price of just $3,000.

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