Amaya Toman Do you like listening to podcasts? And have you ever wondered where they came from and when the first podcast was created? Today marks the anniversary of the moment when the imaginary cornerstone of podcasting was laid. In addition, in today's installment of the series on significant events in the history of technology, we will also remember the founding of the Institute for Certification in Computing Technology.
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Founding of the ICCP (1973)
On August 13, 1973, the Institute for Certification of Computing was founded. It is an institution dealing with professional certification in the field of computer technology. It was founded by eight professional societies dealing with computing technology, and the goal of the organization was to promote certification and professionalism in the industry. The institute issued professional certificates to individuals who successfully passed a written test and had at least forty-eight months of work experience in the field of computer technology and information systems.
The Beginning of Podcasts (2004)
Former MTV host Adam Curry launched an audio RSS feed called The Daily Source Code on August 13, 2004, along with developer Dave Winer. Winer developed a program called iPodder that allowed Internet broadcasts to be downloaded to portable music players. These events are generally considered to be the birth of podcasting. However, its gradual expansion occurred only later - in 2005, Apple introduced native support for podcasts with the arrival of iTunes 4.9, in the same year George W. Bush launched his own program, and the word "podcast" was named the word of the year in the New Oxford American Dictionary .
Other events not only in the field of technology
- John Logie Baird, inventor of the world's first working television system, born in Helensburgh, Scotland (1888)
- The first sound film was shown in Prague's Lucerna - the American Comedians' Ship (1929)
