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World’s first selfie
The world's first selfie was taken in 1839 by Robert Cornelius. The photograph probably took 10-15 minutes of exposure....
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World Wide Web (WWW) logo
Did you know that the World Wide Web has a logo? It was designed by Robert Cailliau and is almost as old as the web....
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Original logos of famous web services
Original logos of some of the popular web companies - Apple, Google, Hotmail (now Outlook.com), Facebook, Amazon......
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The Bliss photograph – Windows XP Wallpaper
The story behind the Windows XP default wallpaper - the Bliss photograph. Where was it taken, by whom and how did it end up being ...
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Line Mode – World’s second web browser
A brief on the world's second web browser, Line Mode, developed by Nicola Pellow, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen and Sir Tim Berners-Lee. ...
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Origin of names of popular fonts
How did some of the popular fonts get their names? Here are some interesting stories of the original of font names....
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What was the world’s first web site?
Details and interesting facts about the world's first web site developed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide We...
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Feel Old Yet? 10 decades old technologies and services
10 old technologies and services that will make you feel old. The list includes the launch of popular sites such as Facebook.com, ...
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World’s first web server
What was the world's first web server? Who created it and where was it implemented?...
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The first computer bug was a moth
Was the world's first computer bug was a real bug - a moth caught in a computer? Though the story of the moth is true, the use of ...
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What’s the difference between the web and the Internet?
List of the important differences between the Internet and the world wide web. Also included are briefs on this history of the two...
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World’s first web browser
What is the world's first web browser? It was called WorldWideWeb and was developed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee at CERN....
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