Today in computer history: November 1st
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on November 1st of every year during the evolution of computers. November 1st is the 306th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 60 days left in the year from this day.
76 years ago
ALPS was established.
74 years ago
Mitchell Kapor was born, the founder of Lotus Development Corporation and designer of Lotus 1-2-3.
64 years ago
Tim Cook was born, the CEO of Apple after taking over from Steve Jobs on August 24, 2011.
41 years ago
IBM announces the PCjr (PC junior) computer.
30 years ago
Amazon.com domain was registered.
28 years ago
Beginning November 1, 1996, all records covered by the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) must be available online.
26 years ago
Computer Hope comes online.
25 years ago
Adaptec announced it would acquire DPT for $235 million.
25 years ago
S3 incorporated and Diamond announced a name change to SONICblue.
9 years ago
Hewlett-Packard announced that it would split its company into two different companies. The company responsible for PC hardware devices, printers, and most consumers will be known as HP Inc. The other company responsible for servers, software, and other services geared towards business will be known as HP Enterprise.
8 years ago
HPE (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise) announced that it had completed its acquisition of SGI.
5 years ago
Google announced it would be acquiring Fitbit for $2.1 billion.
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