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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. This was around the same period that AT&T, still smarting from misadventures like the EO Personal Communicator , spun off Bell Labs as Lucent Technologies.

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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 app would then suggest the person set aside money. 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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Punching above its weight

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And that includes Atlanta, which is 10 times larger than Asheville.” Today, In addition to its NDEW and Drive Electric Earth Day activities, the chapter hosts “Electrify Your Ride,” an annual spring event held at UNC Asheville, and has long advocated for e-bikes, scooters, one-wheels, and other small personal electric transportation modes.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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brought the friendly interface to thousands of personal computer users. The combination of windowing displays, menus, icons, and a mouse that is increasingly used on personal computers and workstations. 12, 1989, PC Magazine contains six articles on graphical user interfaces for personal computers and workstations.

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