{"id":456089,"date":"2022-06-01T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-month-in-tech-history-june-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T16:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T13:00:42","slug":"this-month-in-tech-history-june-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-month-in-tech-history-june-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#This Month in Tech History: June \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35844658d9b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-month-in-tech-history-june-review-geek\/#%E2%80%9CThis_Month_in_Tech_History_June_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;This Month in Tech History: June \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-month-in-tech-history-june-review-geek\/#June_1_1999_Napster_Launches\" >June 1, 1999: Napster Launches<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-month-in-tech-history-june-review-geek\/#June_6_1984_Tetris_Born\" >June 6, 1984: Tetris Born<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-month-in-tech-history-june-review-geek\/#June_10_1977_Apple_II_Goes_on_Sale\" >June 10, 1977: Apple II Goes on Sale<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-month-in-tech-history-june-review-geek\/#June_16_1911_IBM_Formed\" >June 16, 1911: IBM Formed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-month-in-tech-history-june-review-geek\/#June_23_1991_Sonic_The_Hedgehog_Released\" >June 23, 1991: Sonic The Hedgehog Released<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-month-in-tech-history-june-review-geek\/#June_27_1972_Atari_Founded\" >June 27, 1972: Atari Founded<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThis_Month_in_Tech_History_June_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;This Month in Tech History: June \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-118950 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ef8a835d.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ef8a835d.jpg?width=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ef8a835d.jpg?width=1200\" alt=\"A blue Calendar turned to June\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/desktop-calendar-june-2022-on-yellow-2153962357\" data-credittext=\"Alekcey-Elena\/Shutterstock.com\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/desktop-calendar-june-2022-on-yellow-2153962357\">Alekcey-Elena\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The history of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> in June sees the birth of corporate giants, iconic products, and gaming legends. From Sonic the Hedgehog and Tetris to Atari and IBM, it all starts in June. Read below for the details.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"June_1_1999_Napster_Launches\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_0\">June 1, 1999: Napster Launches<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118954 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/05\/f1cde307.png\" alt=\"A man looking at a computer from the mid-90s with Napster on the screen\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/budapest-hungary-july-28-unidentified-man-100248221\" data-credittext=\"Northfoto\/Shutterstock.com\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/budapest-hungary-july-28-unidentified-man-100248221\">Northfoto\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The service that changed how we buy and consume music was invented and launched by then-teenagers Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker. They intended Napster as a peer-to-peer file-sharing service, making it easy for people to share music MP3s. It was an instant success. As more people ripped their CD collections onto their computers for sharing, the more users flocked to the service. It was a free-music free-for-all.<\/p>\n<p>Less than a year after its launch, Napster faced lawsuits from recording artists like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2012\/04\/april-13-2000-seek-and-destroy-metallica-sues-napster\/\">Metallica<\/a> and Dr. Dre, claiming the service facilitated violations of their copyrighted music. The Recording Industry Association of America also filed suit against the company on behalf of several major American recording labels. Napster settled or lost all the cases and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2002\/05\/the-day-the-napster-died\/\">shuttered its operations<\/a> in 2001 after it could not comply with an order from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to halt the sharing of copyrighted music.<\/p>\n<p>But that wasn\u2019t the end of Napster. Its name and branding were sold at a bankruptcy auction and have undergone many iterations in the decades since. Napster is currently a paid <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/us.napster.com\">audio streaming service<\/a> owned by MelodyVR.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"June_6_1984_Tetris_Born\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_1\">June 6, 1984: <em>Tetris<\/em> Born<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118957 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/05\/b5429712.jpg\" alt=\"The 'Tetris' loading screen on an old gaming console.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/krakow-malopolska-poland-may-2022-famicom-2154239467\" data-credittext=\"tomeqs\/Shutterstock.com\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/krakow-malopolska-poland-may-2022-famicom-2154239467\">tomeqs\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are few better examples of games that stand the test of time than <em>Tetris<\/em>. Created in 1984 by programmers at the Soviet Academy of Science, <em>Tetris<\/em> swept through Moscow. Every computer in the city had a copy of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the 1980s, <em>Tetris<\/em> circulated via floppy disk throughout the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. However, the absence of copyright in the Soviet Bloc and Western skepticism of a Soviet product made it difficult for the game to reach a worldwide audience.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until 1987 that Western and Japanese game companies began acquiring licenses to port Tetris for their consoles and computers. Ports of the game appeared on platforms made by Nintendo, Sega, Atari, Commodore, and more. But the Soviet origins of the game led to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/disciplines\/games-law-history-the-tetris-saga\">copyright disputes<\/a> between distributors. It wasn\u2019t until Pjintov and others founded The Tetris Company in 1996 that copyright and licensing issues were settled.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, <em>Tetris<\/em> has remained a mainstay in the video game industry, available on the widest variety of devices and platforms possible. To date, <em>Tetris<\/em> has sold an estimated 495 million copies worldwide. Making it the most successful video game franchise not owned by Nintendo.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"June_10_1977_Apple_II_Goes_on_Sale\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_2\">June 10, 1977: Apple II Goes on Sale<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118958 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/05\/34703980.jpg\" alt=\"An Apple II computer on a desktop\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/20-september-2017-moscow-russia-exhibits-1401980888\" data-credittext=\"Ivan Arkhipov\/Shutterstock.com\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/20-september-2017-moscow-russia-exhibits-1401980888\">Ivan Arkhipov\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Almost all of the oldest Apple acolytes point to the Apple II as their first product from the company. Its predecessor, the Apple I, was released a year earlier and was a mere circuit board with only 200 units ever produced. The Apple II was the company\u2019s first of many world-changing products. It introduced the all-in-one computer model that has characterized Apple machines ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Apple founders Steve Job and Steve Wozniak\u2019s decision to include a keyboard, video display, and plastic shell made the personal computer experience much more accessible to those interested in computing but couldn\u2019t build their machines. Additionally, the eight expansion slots on the motherboard allowed users to add a variety of cards to increase and personalize the machine\u2019s usefulness.<\/p>\n<p>The Apple II sold 4.8 million units in two years when the company discontinued it to make way for its successor, the Apple II Plus. The Apple II family continued to evolve and sell throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. Apple sold six million Apple II computers throughout its 16 years of production. And all that despite competition from Apple\u2019s flagship computer line: Macintosh.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"June_16_1911_IBM_Formed\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_3\">June 16, 1911: IBM Formed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118959 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dad1c3fd.jpg\" alt=\"An IBM building showing the company logo\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/dubai-uae-december-1-2017-sign-779236312\" data-credittext=\"Laborant\/Shutterstock.com\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/dubai-uae-december-1-2017-sign-779236312\">Laborant\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>IBM, one of the most integral and successful technology companies in history, began over a century ago as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company. But it wasn\u2019t started in the garage in the heart of Silicon Valley like many of today\u2019s tech giants. Rather, it was the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/a\/amalgamation.asp\">amalgamation<\/a> of four companies acquired by financier Charles R. Flint: Bundy Manufacturing Company, Computing Scale Company of America, International Time Recording Company, and Tabulating Machine Company. Flint named the combined businesses the \u201cComputing-Tabulating-Recording Company,\u201d rebranded as \u201cInternational Business Machines Corporation\u201d in 1924.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, each company held onto its employees, brand, and operations. Early products included clocks, punch cards, data processors, weighted scales, and meat slicers. However, IBM did away with the legacy branding and operations when it combined all its operations under a single banner in 1933. Since then, the company has pioneered multiple technological breakthroughs and inventions.<\/p>\n<p>Notable IBM inventions include the hard drive, floppy disk, magnetic swipe card, electronic keypunch, the Automated teller machine (ATM), Universal Product Code (UPC barcode), and Dynamic random access memory (DRAM). Additionally, the company invested in acquiring tech businesses and patents to innovate and improve existing products. There are few technologies or services <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/nine-everyday-tech-tools-made-possible-by-100-years-of-5812201\">we use today<\/a> that weren\u2019t somehow influenced by the innovative work done at IBM.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"June_23_1991_Sonic_The_Hedgehog_Released\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_4\">June 23, 1991: <em>Sonic The Hedgehog<\/em> Released<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118960 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ef7c5fec.jpg\" alt=\"A Sega Mega Drive system with 'Sonic the Hedgehog' cartridge loaded.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/london-united-kingdom-21st-september-2020-1835220256\" data-credittext=\"Ben Gingell\/Shutterstock.com\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/london-united-kingdom-21st-september-2020-1835220256\">Ben Gingell\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Few video games inspire as much nostalgia for older players as <em>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em>. The game was born of a contest among Sega programmers to create the company\u2019s flagship video game franchise that would compete with Nintendo\u2019s <em>Super Mario Bros<\/em> line. Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima won with a fast-moving <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifewire.com\/what-is-a-platform-game-812371\">platform game<\/a> prototype. Naka and Ohshima went on to craft Sonic himself as the star of the game, Sega\u2019s mascot, and direct rival to the king of video games: Mario.<\/p>\n<p>The game was an integral part of Sega\u2019s efforts to produce a 16-bit gaming console that could challenge Nintendo\u2019s dominance over the American video game market. The company bundled <em>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em> and the game <em>Altered<\/em><em> Beast<\/em> with their new console offering: The Sega Genesis. The quality of the Sonic, the freshness of the Genesis, and a robust North American marketing campaign yielded Sega the success they were seeking. Both Sonic and Sega became as iconic to American video gaming as Nintendo and Mario.<\/p>\n<p>To date, the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise has sold more than 145 copies worldwide, putting it in the top 20 best-selling franchises of all time. Beating out beloved titles such as <em>The Legend of Zelda<\/em> and <em>Resident Evil<\/em>, but <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/22969490\/sonic-mario-winner-nintendo-sega-console-wars\">never dethroning<\/a> Mario\u2019s top spot in the video game hierarchy.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"June_27_1972_Atari_Founded\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_5\">June 27, 1972: Atari Founded<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118962\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/05\/8418a73f.jpg\" alt=\"A set of Atari games around the company logo\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On the heels of creating <em>Computer Space<\/em>, the world\u2019s first commercially available video game, engineers Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney founded Atari to develop a new game and a pinball machine. Their first creation was the now-classic game, <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.historyofinformation.com\/detail.php?id=891\">Pong<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>After the video game manufacturers declined to license the game, the pair built a prototype arcade cabinet to test-market at Andy\u2019s Kapp, a local tavern in Sunnyvale, California. <em>Pong<\/em> was a hit with patrons. Bushnell and Dabney produced a dozen more Pong cabinets for placement at other bars in the area. And soon, they couldn\u2019t keep up with the demand for Pong machines.<\/p>\n<p>The success of <em>Pong<\/em> launched Atari into the center of the nascent video gaming industry. Its 1973 follow-up game, <em>Space Race<\/em>, was a flop, selling just 1,500 units. However, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/children-of-pong-the-forgotten-early-atari-consoles\">home version<\/a> of <em>Pong<\/em> was a huge success in 1975 and proved influential in the budding home console market.<\/p>\n<p>Atari\u2019s initial runaway success didn\u2019t last long as tension grew between the two founders. In March 1973, Dabney quit the company and sold his shares for $250,000. And under Bushnell\u2019s leadership, the company nearly went bankrupt. 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