The first photo that was sent around the world in an instant was of a newborn girl from the Silicon Valley entrepreneur Philippe Kahn.
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New AMC head: PHONES, in theaters soon
“Netflix and Chill” has not killed the theater, but it seems to moviegoers that the only way that theaters have been adapting to the times is by raising prices on tickets and concessions.Well, if you’re 22 years old, has Adam Aron got something to say to you. Aron’s the new CEO of AMC Entertainment and he’s about to lead an acquisition of competitor Carmike that will result in the world’s largest theater chain. And he wants to make sure that the company doesn’t get ...
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Hangin’ with Dr. Cooper: an interview with “the father of the cellphone”
We’ve given him our reverence more than once around here. But it’s another thing to sit down and talk with the man who made the smartphone possible. The man who –with the help of some very talented teams– made the cellular phone possible. The man who essentially made this site, our work and your thoughts on all of it possible. And our own Michael Fisher had the privilege of doing just that.Dr. Martin Cooper, born in Chicago in 1928, graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1950. He left his first job out of school at Teletype Corporation (which would soon get ...
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