World’s First Photograph! »

By Arnab on Dec 3, 2007 in Education, Internet | 5 Comments

Joseph Niepce of France took the world’s first photograph in 1826. He named the photograph “heliograph.” It took 8 hours to take the picture. It is not known however exactly how he took the photo. People are thinking that he used pewter plate coated with bitumen (a petroleum that is sensitive to light). Then he [...]

World’s First Banner Ad! »

By Arnab on Oct 3, 2007 in Internet | 2 Comments

HotWired, world’s first commercial web magazine was launched around the end of 1994. Around that time, they wanted to do experiments with a new advertisement revenue strategy, which will become very common to today’s web. AT&T was the first company to put this ad into Hotwired’s website. Before we check out the ad, we should [...]