The flashing commands of MS-DOS didn’t stand the test of time, but the rectangular boxes that followed did. More than 1.4 billion people use Microsoft’s operating system, which debuted in 1985 and draws its name from all those content “windows.”
RealPlayer
Before Spotify and Netflix, there was this app to stream audio and grainy video over the internet. RealNetworks developed the “RealAudio Player” in 1995 from its Seattle HQ. Somehow, it still exists today.
Kindle
Books on screens were still a novelty in 2007, when Amazon rolled out this now-ubiquitous e-reader. They were also in demand. The new release sold out in five and a
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