HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple have one thing in common – apart from the obvious that they are IT companies. They were all started in garages.
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A young programmer offered a homeless man the choice between $100 cash or coding lessons. Leo Grand chose the lessons, and now his first mobile app is available to download for $.99.
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In 1956, the IBM 350 hard disk drive had 3.75 MB of storage, weighed over 2000 lbs, had to be moved around with forklifts, and was delivered via large cargo airplanes.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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90% of people sit at their computer desk slouching, supporting their head with their left hand.
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Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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