Apple turned 50 in April 2026. Here's a look at some of the company’s iconic products, the flops that shaped it, and what may ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This software and documentation was ...

Abstract: The Rockefeller Foundation shipped two Apple II computers with VisiCalc to the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture to address a grain shortage in the early 1980s. The foundation believed that ...

We noted that Excel turned 40 this year. That makes it seem old, and today, if you say “spreadsheet,” there’s a good chance you are talking about an Excel spreadsheet, and if not, at least a program ...

During the dawn of the PC era, a single program was touted as the “killer app” that fired the market for personal computers. That program was a spreadsheet called VisiCalc. Now, another spreadsheet ...

On February 28, 2025, Microsoft announced its decision to discontinue Skype. Skype revolutionized computer-to-computer communication to the point where making a video call became synonymous with ...

With all the new programs, applications and devices being released on an almost daily basis, the spreadsheet's story and its legacy as a powerhouse could be lost. The story of the electronic ...

When the spreadsheet launched in 1979, it was a bewildering piece of software. People had no idea what they were looking at. A computer screen, filled with a grid of numbers? As Keith Houston explains ...

Looking back at Apple's history, its hardware successes were driven by software and the use of innovative designs and creative user interfaces to run these software programs. The original Apple I and ...

The first version of Microsoft Excel shipped on September 30, 1985. It was made originally for the Macintosh. Excel went on to become the dominant spreadsheet program for the PC and other platforms.