The Cupertino colossus has created some of the most iconic products over the last 50 years. Here are ones that stand out. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of ...

Apple would never have survived a decade without Steve Wozniak’s marvelous machine. This is part of our package about ...

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 ...

MIT professor Bill Aulet chuckled to himself when he decided to invite his old friend and famed software programmer and investor Mitch Kapor to give a speech about entrepreneurship at the school this ...

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 ...

Charles Hoffman, a trailblazer in the field of accounting, has been at the forefront of technological change since the early days of digital transformation. In a recent conversation, Hoffman shared ...

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 ...