Tech Trivia – How well do you know the History of Tech

The name of the first commercially successful video game console was the Magnavox Odyssey. It was released in 1972 and was designed by Ralph H. Baer, who is often referred to as the “Father of Video Games.”

Apple Inc. was co-founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in 1976. Steve Jobs played a crucial role in the company’s success, leading the development of products such as the Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, and iPad.

The first iPhone was released on June 29, 2007. It was a revolutionary device that transformed the mobile phone industry and paved the way for the modern smartphone era.

The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard. Released on August 12, 1981.

Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 by two computer enthusiasts, Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The company went on to become one of the largest and most successful software companies in the world.

Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along with co-founders Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.

The tech startup known for pioneering the search engine industry is Google. It was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and has since become the most widely used search engine in the world, with a market share of over 90%.

Apple Inc. was the first tech startup to reach a market capitalization of $1 trillion in August 2018.

The first graphical web browser, Mosaic, was released in 1993. It was developed by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

The first microprocessor was the Intel 4004, created in 1971 by Intel Corporation. It was a 4-bit central processing unit (CPU) and is considered to be the world’s first microprocessor.