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Title: Steve Jobs Was Inspired By This French Table-Top Box Post by: HCK on July 06, 2012, 03:00:05 am Steve Jobs Was Inspired By This French Table-Top Box
Unless you’ve spent a considerable amount of time in France, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve never seen the device pictured above. What you’re looking at is one of the predecessors to the internet, the Minitel. The Minitel was essentially a service offered in France that required a table-top box similar to the one above. [...]Related StoriesWhy Companies Need An iOS CzarWhich Industries Could Apple Conquer Next? We’ll Tell You On Our All-New CultCastHelp Jam Servers For Hot New Download: SRS Audio Essentials for MacApple Reporting Server Bug Fixed – No More Crashing App UpdatesIs Amazon Taking On Apple’s iPhone With Its Very Own Smartphone Plans? [Rumor] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/5G4yjsTaC1g/story01.htm |