How Tech Brands Got Their Names
Most little kids like sports, not little Jack. At an early age, Jack Dorsey became fascinated with real-time dispatch software for taxis, delivery vans, emergency vehicles and other fleets. At just fifteen, he wrote his first dispatch software.
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Why is it called football? Why is the keyboard organized the way it is? Why is it called a hamburger? Why is toilet paper always white? Why do grades go A, B, C, D, _, F? What are tittles? What is a togue? Why is a “W” not called a “double V? “Why is a pizza box not called a pizza square? What is it like to always be the smartest person in the room? Why is it called Quora?
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Ads, ads, ads! Did you know that Americans watch 1.4 billion video ads on Hulu per month? That’s a lot of seconds!
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Skype (owned by Microsoft) is a freemium communication service that was created by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström in 2003. The company was initially headquartered in Luxembourg, but was later purchased by eBay in 2005 for $2.5 billion. A few years later in 2011, Microsoft purchased Skype Technologies from Ebay for $8.5 Billion in cash (their largest acquisition to date).
Adam Lang is the founder and editor of Rewind & Capture. He is passionate about creative marketing, design and brand etymology.
Instagram (owned by Facebook), was founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in October 2010. The company operates independently of Facebook and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Instagram is an online social networking company that lets you share photos and videos with your followers. Keep reading to learn why it’s called Instagram.
Adam Lang is the founder and editor of Rewind & Capture. He is passionate about creative marketing, design and brand etymology.