Day in Tech History Podcast - Apple History

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Day in Tech History Podcast - Apple History Podcast

Day in Tech History is a daily podcast - 365 days a year. Whenever an Apple event is highlighted on the show, I will post it here. That way, you can choose to follow this feed or the full Day in Tech History podcast (at Dayintechhistory.com)

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    September 18,1989: NeXTstepOS, 1990: NeXTstation Computers

    1989 – 4 years after resigning from Apple, Steve Jobs and his newest company NeXT finally release the NeXTstepOS. It is a Unix based system, with some aspects of BSD and using the Mach kernal. This is the OS that will eventually merge into Apple when Jobs comes back. 1990 – The NeXTstation is finally […]

    6 min

  2. 12 SEPT

    September 12, 1985: Steve Jobs Leaves Apple to Start NeXT

    1985 – After an interesting power struggle with John Sculley, Steve Jobs decides to throw in the towel and tenders his resignation at Apple. He announces at the Board meeting he and other low level employees will be starting a new company – NeXT. The next day, Jobs tells John Sculley that Bud Tribble, Dan’l Lewin, […]

    7 min

  3. 4 SEPT

    September 4, 2008: Apple Removed “Pull My Finger” Application

    2008– A letter was published from the creator of “Pull my Finger” iPhone application from Apple. The program was simple – you pull the finger and a sound was created (You can guess the sound). The letter read: We’ve reviewed your application Pull My Finger. We have determined that this application is of limited utility […]

    6 min

  4. 28 AUG

    Apple Clone Psystar Counter-sues Apple

    August 28, 2008 – Psystar came on the scene earlier in the year with a machine that would contain Windows, Linux or Mac software. Of course, this has not been without controversy. Apple finally put together a lawsuit, but instead of Psystar accepting, they decided to countersue. The reason why: Anticompetitive Nature. The SCO Group […]

    7 min

  5. 26 AUG

    RIAA says Don’t Destroy Data!

    August 26, 2008 – Judge Neil Wake ruled: The Defendant – Jeffery Howell had willfully and intentionally destroyed evidence related to his peer-to-peer activities after being notified of pending legal action by the RIAA. Furthermore, since it was done in bad faith, it “therefore warrants appropriate sanctions. The RIAA went after Pamela and Jeffrey Howell […]

    6 min

  6. 24 AUG

    Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO – 1995: Windows 95 Released

    August 24, 2011 – Steve Jobs, unable to continue due to failing health, officially puts his resignation in to Apple. He asks for his successor to be Tim Cook, then COO of Apple. The Board of Directors agree and announce the changing of CEO. The official resignation letter read: To the Apple Board of Directors […]

    9 min

  7. 20 AUG

    Apple’s iPhone 3G Antenna Issue

    August 20, 2008: When the 3G iPhone released, some people started complaining about the connection. Apple wasn’t saying anything. An independant company stated that the “Infineon” chip that helped control 3G was to blame for the issue. It was suspected that a software update would fix the problem.However the 2.0.2 software update didn’t really help with […]

    8 min

  8. 10 AUG

    1 Million iTunes Songs, DITH 10 Year Anniversary

    On this day in 2009, the Day in Tech History started. I was running the show as “Week in Tech History”, then went to a daily format to increase listeners. The show has been running for over 1000 episodes, never missing a day. It is now entering into it’s 9th year. It’s a great day […]

    6 min
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Day in Tech History is a daily podcast - 365 days a year. Whenever an Apple event is highlighted on the show, I will post it here. That way, you can choose to follow this feed or the full Day in Tech History podcast (at Dayintechhistory.com)

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