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What device was announced in 2007 with the following slogan? "This is only the beginning."

iPhone

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Eric Yuan is a former Cisco engineer and executive that left the telecom giant to found what meeting company in 2011?

Zoom

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True or False? Microsoft purchased Skype in 2005 for $2.5 billion.

False. Ebay purchased Skype in 2005 for $2.5 billion. Microsoft purchased Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion.

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Which university offered the first-ever academic program in Computer Science?

University of Glasgow

M.I.T.

Harvard University

Cambridge University

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How much did Steve Job’s first computer go for at auction?

$223,000

$1.2 million

$3.4 million

$677,000

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Which company developed the first mobile phone?

Samsung

Nokia

Apple

Motorola

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What year was the oldest programming language still in use invented?

1960

1957

1952

1974

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What was the name of the first operating system?

TSS/360

EPOC

Windows 1.01

GM-NAA I/O

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Where was the world wide web invented?

Switzerland

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

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Which institution is credited with creating the first website?

NATO

United Nations

CERN

NASA

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When did the first virtual event take place?

1993

1985

1990

1995

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When was the first email sent?

1981

1977

1971

1974

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What was the first item sold on Ebay in 1995?

a broken laser pointer

a Jurassic Park T-shirt

a rusty bucket

a computer mouse

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What search engine did Google beat in 2004 in order to become the most successful search engine?

AskJeeves

Netscape

Yahoo

MSN

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What was the first mobile phone with internet connectivity?

Motorola 7500

Blackberry 850

Nokia 9000 Communicator

iPhone

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What is the name of the oldest programming language still in use?

FORTRAN

Matlab

COBOL

Ada

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