In a Milwaukee workshop in the 1870s, Christopher Latham Sholes spent years rearranging the keys of his mechanical Type-Writer so that commonly paired letters sat far apart, ensuring the metal typebars would swing from different directions and not jam mid-wordJuly 23, 2026
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When Cingular chief Stan Sigman backed the original iPhone before its 2007 unveiling, he accepted terms American carriers usually refused: no logo on the device, no control over its software, no preloaded apps, and a share of monthly subscriber revenue flowing back to Apple, after signing on without seeing a prototype Saving Tips June 10, 2026 Cingular signed on to sell the original iPhone before its executives had seen a working prototype, then gave Apple the…
Apple’s original 1984 Macintosh keyboard had no arrow keys, no function keys, and no numeric pad because Steve Jobs wanted users to reach for the mouse first. Then Apple quietly sold the missing keys as an accessory. Saving Tips June 8, 2026 The original Macintosh keyboard was not missing arrow keys by accident. When Apple put the Macintosh on sale on January…
