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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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Audio Magazine/Internet Archive /Scotch As Smithsonian Magazine notes , the formulation he developed, combining cabinetmaker’s glue with glycerin, proved to be just the right level of easy-to-remove adhesive that it became an out-and-out phenomenon. based on Pfluemer’s magnetic-tape invention.

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GeeRemit App Moves Money and Saves It Too

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magazine included her on its 2020 Top 100 Female Founders list. The issue with a money-transfer protocol is that it needs to be fast and low-cost. Because Georgia’s fee is the least expensive, she’s running the pilot program for the app in the Atlanta area. For her development of geeRemit, Inc.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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In 1984, the low-cost Macintosh from Apple Computer Inc., With the Lisa and then the Macintosh, introduced in January 1983 and January 1984 respectively, the graphical user interface reached the low-cost, high-volume computer market. Cupertino, Calif., Among those 11 are overlapping windows and movable icons. Smith et al.,

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