Product Reviews Net » birthday http://www.product-reviews.net Information on the latest gadgets, technology, news and product reviews Sat, 26 May 2012 11:39:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Famous October birthdays in tech http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/10/01/famous-october-birthdays-in-tech/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=famous-october-birthdays-in-tech http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/10/01/famous-october-birthdays-in-tech/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:41:33 +0000 Daniel Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=141754 Now that we’ve entered a new month we thought it would make an interesting article to look at famous October birthdays in technology. One of the most famous tech people born in the month of October is Bill Gates, with a birthday of October 28, 1955. There is not a lot we need to explain about this billionaire other than use the words Windows and Microsoft, which was started in 1976.

Some other famous birthdays in October for tech related people include John Warnock (October 6 in 1940), the computer scientist well known for being a co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc with Charles Geschke. October 14, 1857 is the birthday of Elwood Haynes, an auto pioneer who built one of the earliest American autos and two days later on October 16, although in 1979 is the birthday of Matt Nagle who is the first person to use “brain-computer interface to control movement”.

There are also lots of patents for this month, which mark the birth of some inventions that changed our lives forever. These include Electric photography; also know as photocopying and xerography, which was patented on October 6, 1941 by Chester Carlson. October 10, 1911 is when Henry Ford received a patent for “automobile transmission mechanism”, and we know how this turned out.

Other notable patent birthdays include one for “multi-control for electric trains”, which was granted to Frank Sprague on October 16, 1900. And Nintendo fans will be happy that Nintendo of America registered on October 27, 1992 for the configuration of their famous hand-held gaming device.

What famous tech people do you know that were born in October? And do you know any inventions that were discovered in the same month?

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In fairness to Google, Mickey Mouse was released 6 months before the so-called birthday of November 18, 1928. Although this was in Plane Crazy, and Steamboat Willie was on November 18 as the first Mickey Mouse Cartoon with sound. You can read more about the history of Mickey via Wikipedia.

Do you think there should have been a Google Doodle today in celebration of Mickey Mouse? How will you celebrate the birthday of this famous icon? There are a few apps for iOS devices, which include Mickey’s Spooky Night Puzzle Book, and Dance Star Mickey by Fisher-Price.

Let us know your memories of Mickey Mouse in the comments. You can see the official Mickey site on Disney.

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/11/18/mickey-mouse-birthday-at-82-where-is-the-google-doodle/feed/ 1 John Lennon Google Doodle: Watch The Video http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/10/08/john-lennon-google-doodle-watch-the-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=john-lennon-google-doodle-watch-the-video http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/10/08/john-lennon-google-doodle-watch-the-video/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:24:35 +0000 Peter Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=110675 Today marks the 30th anniversary of the death Tomorrow would have been the 70th birthday of John Lennon – one of the greatest singer-songwriters that ever lived. The ex-Beatles band member was just 40 when he died. The Google Doodle today has to be one of the best yet, and features a video along with the song “Imagine”, which you can see below.

Normally when you click on the Doodle you are then taken to a search results page of the event, this time when you click the logo a video starts. The animation is simple, but is made all the more powerful with the words of the John Lennon song.

This is not the first interactive Google Doodle; back on September 7th we had all those dots. To some it was annoying, but I thought that it made a refreshing change.

However, the best has to be the Pacman Doodle; this was actually a playable game on the Google homepage to celebrate our little friend’s 30th anniversary.

What do you think of today’s Google Doodle?

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/10/08/john-lennon-google-doodle-watch-the-video/feed/ 3 Google Doodle: Mary Shelley’s 213th birthday http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/08/30/google-doodle-mary-shelleys-213th-birthday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-doodle-mary-shelleys-213th-birthday http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/08/30/google-doodle-mary-shelleys-213th-birthday/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:48:37 +0000 Peter Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=107602 Whenever a special occasion comes up, Google is there to help celebrate in way of a Google Doodle on their homepage. The latest event to get this treatment is Mary Shelley’s 213th birthday, who as we know was a famous British novelist.

What better way to help celebrate such a person than to appear on Google’s homepage, and will no doubt make the younger audience more aware of her work – the most famous being Frankenstein – you only have to see how popular it made Pac-man with the younger audience. Just remember not to make the mistake; the creator was Frankenstein, not the monster that he created.

Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) was born on 30 August 1797 and sadly died on 1 February 1851, making her 53 when she died after suffering a brain tumor. She was a well-respected writer when she died, but her novels became more popular after her passing. More details on Shelley can be found on Wikipedia.

Do you think that by appearing as a Google Doodle, Mary Shelley and other such novelist will get more reconnection in this digital age?

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