Amaya Toman When you hear "computer from the 80s", what model comes to mind? Some may remember the iconic ZX Spectrum. This was preceded by the release of the Sinclair ZX81, which we will recall in our article today, dedicated to historical events in the field of technology. In the second part of today's part of our "historical" column, we will focus on the official launch of the Internet portal Yahoo.
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Here Comes the Sinclair ZX81 (1981)
On March 5, 1981, the Sinclair ZX81 computer was introduced by Sinclair Research. It was one of the first swallows among available home computers, and at the same time also a predecessor of the legendary Sinclair ZX Spectrum machine. The Sinclair ZX81 was equipped with a Z80 processor, had 1kB of RAM and connected to a classic TV. It offered two modes of operation (Slow with graphic data display and Fast with an emphasis on program operation), and its price at the time was $99.
Yahoo in Operation (1995)
On March 5, 1995, Yahoo was officially launched. Yahoo was founded in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo, and this Internet portal is still considered one of the pioneers among Internet services in the era of the 2017s. Yahoo was gradually joined by services such as Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Answers, Yahoo! Maps or perhaps Yahoo! Video. The Yahoo platform was bought by Verizon Media in 4,48 for $XNUMX billion. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
