Lancecorner » Trivia Post http://lancecorner.com Technology Blog, News and Reviews... Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:34:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Trivia Post: World’s Youngest Billionaire http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-worlds-youngest-billionaire/ http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-worlds-youngest-billionaire/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:13:27 +0000 lancecorner http://lancecorner.com/?p=545 SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Trivia Post: World’s Youngest Billionaire", url: "http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-worlds-youngest-billionaire/" } ); ]]> Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook has become the word’s youngest billionaire at age 23 according to a Forbes estimate. Mark developed Facebook together with his college friends Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Mark Zuckerberg was chosen as Person of the Year by Time magazine in 2010.

Facebook currently has more than 600 millions users from around the world making it the biggest social networking sites to date.

References:

http://www.usatoday.com

http://www.forbes.com

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]]> http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-worlds-youngest-billionaire/feed/ 1 Trivia Post: The World’s First SMS Message http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-the-world%e2%80%99s-first-sms-message/ http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-the-world%e2%80%99s-first-sms-message/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:47:32 +0000 lancecorner http://lancecorner.com/?p=334 SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Trivia Post: The World’s First SMS Message", url: "http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-the-world%e2%80%99s-first-sms-message/" } ); ]]> The world’s first short message had been sent on December 3, 1992 from a PC to mobile phone on the video phone GSM network in the United Kingdom. The message was “Merry Christmas”.

Source:  smslist.co.uk

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]]> http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-the-world%e2%80%99s-first-sms-message/feed/ 0 Trivia Post: First Computer that Defeats World Chess Mater http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-first-computer-that-defeats-world-chess-mater/ http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-first-computer-that-defeats-world-chess-mater/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:19:58 +0000 lancecorner http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-first-computer-that-defeats-world-chess-mater/ SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Trivia Post: First Computer that Defeats World Chess Mater", url: "http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-first-computer-that-defeats-world-chess-mater/" } ); ]]>

Did you know that Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer defeated Chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov of Russia on May 1997? A previous version of Deep Blue had also defeated Garry Kasparov in the year 1996 with 4-2 score.

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]]> http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-first-computer-that-defeats-world-chess-mater/feed/ 0 Trivia Post: Where Does Computer Mouse Got Its Name? http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-where-does-computer-mouse-got-its-name/ http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-where-does-computer-mouse-got-its-name/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:08:26 +0000 lancecorner http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-where-does-computer-mouse-got-its-name/ SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Trivia Post: Where Does Computer Mouse Got Its Name?", url: "http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-where-does-computer-mouse-got-its-name/" } ); ]]> A computer mouse was first invented by Doug Engelbart at Standford Research Institute in the early 1960s. A computer mouse is a hand held device used in computers. The term “mouse” becomes popular because the cord on early models looks like a tail of a rodent.

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Source: Computer history website

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]]> http://lancecorner.com/hps-first-product/feed/ 0 Trivia Post: World’s Largest WiMAX Network http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-worlds-largest-wimax-network/ http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-worlds-largest-wimax-network/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:01:11 +0000 lancecorner http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-worlds-largest-wimax-network/ SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Trivia Post: World’s Largest WiMAX Network", url: "http://lancecorner.com/trivia-post-worlds-largest-wimax-network/" } ); ]]> The largest WiMAX network in the world can be found in Pakistan. The WiMAX network covers 17 cities. The construction of the WiMAX network made Pakistan is one of the pioneers in utilizing the technology of WiMAX.wimax phone

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