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The 1st Cell Phone Call was a Total Flex

That’s not just innovation. That’s the original mic drop.

Brittany Perry

Sep 251 min read

There are More Bots than Humans Online

Did you know most of the internet isn’t human?

Brittany Perry

Sep 181 min read

They almost called it WHAT?!

Did you know the name of the now ubiquitous search engine was not always Google?

Brittany Perry

Sep 171 min read

The Longest (and Most Expensive!) Cable Ever

Meta is building something massive — Project Waterworth, a subsea fiber-optic cable stretching 50,000 km across five continents.

Alucid Team

Sep 161 min read

Tech History: The Email That Shut Down Microsoft

In March 1997, a Microsoft employee accidentally sent an internal test email to the wrong distribution list—a massive one.

Alucid Team

Aug 151 min read

Tech History: Instagram was Launched by a Dog Chilling Next to a Taco Stand in Mexico

On July 16, 2010, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom uploaded the app's first-ever image—and it wasn’t a sunset selfie or brunch pic.

Alucid Team

Jul 291 min read

Tech History: Yahoo Passed on Buying Google for $1M

In 1998, Google’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, offered to sell their fledgling search engine to Yahoo for just $1 million.

Alucid Team

Jul 281 min read

Tech History: Bill Gates Got Arrested Before Microsoft Excel-ed

The charge? Driving without a license and running a stop sign.

Brittany Perry

Jul 171 min read

Tech History: Steve Jobs Tricked Woz Out of Money

Even legends have messy beginnings. And sometimes, business isn’t as clean as code.

Alucid Team

Jul 141 min read

Tech History: How Tech & Expansion Fueled Walmart’s Employee Boom

Each key milestone—whether a store launch, global expansion, or tech acquisition—triggered a new phase in Walmart’s workforce evolution, shaping it into the employer powerhouse we see today.

Alucid Team

Jun 161 min read

Tech History: The (Annoying) Origins of Spam Email

Before your inbox was flooded with offers for miracle pills and mystery princes, there was one email that started it all.

Alucid Team

Jun 121 min read

Tech History: The World's First Computer Programmer

The world’s first computer programmer was a woman—Ada Lovelace (bord Augusta Ada Byron)—and she wrote her first algorithm in the 1840s, long before computers even existed as we know them today.

Alucid Team

Jun 111 min read

Apple Employee Growth Timeline: Key Milestones That Shaped Tech History

This Apple employee growth timeline (featured in the chart above) highlights how major events like the launch of the iPhone, the return of Steve Jobs, and the transition to Apple Silicon fueled Apple’s exponential workforce expansion.

Alucid Team

Jun 102 min read