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Steve Jobs could easily be considered one of the greatest influences in the modern age, and his story of rising from rags to riches has been retold countless times by those who aspire to be like him. Although dropping out of college at the age of nineteen to work in his dad’s cluttered garage with friends could hardly be seen as a wise investment at the time, those who doubted were soon proven wrong. In 1979, Steve Jobs - in collaboration with Steve Wozniak - created the first Apple computer…

The History of Video Games and the Impact on Our Society from 1950-2000 Video games have had a large impact on our society over the decades. It has become one of the most popular interactive mediums in recent human history. Many people either have a home console or computer that they play video games on in their leisure time. The global video game industry today is now worth $99.6 billion, and is projected to be worth $118.6 billion by 2019 . How have video games become this popular? What…

when he founded his own company- Atari. Little did he know that the first game he would produce would be the cornerstone of what would become a multibillion-dollar industry. Pong was a simple game involving just two paddles and a ball. Within a few days, there were lines of people waiting to play the game. Pong was a hit. Following the arcade success of Pong, Atari released the Atari Video Computer System (VCS) in 1977. The VCS later became known as the Atari 2600. As the ’80s began, the…

Steve Jobs co-founded the modern technology giant Apple. He led his company through hard times and helped found todays iPhones, and iPads. He changed the way look at smartphones, and revolutionized the technology industry. Early Life Steven Paul Jobs was born on February 24, 1995, in San Francisco, California. His biological parents were Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali, two U of Wisconsin graduates. Jobs was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs when his biological parents had given him up…

Why have video games become a big success? Back in the early 1900s, people didn’t have video games, they had simple games such as checker and chess. These two games are still widely played, but when computers and televisions started becoming a normal necessity, virtual games became more apparent. The concept of video games started with the first computer game. This game was a version of tic-tac-toe, created in 1952 by A.S. Douglas, a Cambridge university doctoral student (Hile) This simple, but…

On an article on Ars Technica done by Andrew Cunningham he says, “In the Atari era, everyone from Sears to Quaker Oats tried to grab a slice of the gaming pie. The fact that basically anyone could design and sell hastily-coded Atari 2600 with no interference from or cooperation with Atari led to a game market flooded with shovelware and to clearance bins filled with unsellable junk. This in turn led to gun-shy retailers and consumers…

Toys and Childhood 1. What role do toys (including, in the broad sense, children 's film and literature) play in our society? When responding, please draw from the article "From Control to Adaptation" and your own experience. The role toys play in our society is shaping the way children see themselves and others in gender roles, in competition, and in general "play" (either alone or with one another.) This "play" or "playing with toys" as young people creates a social background for each…

The Great Salesman Steve Jobs Salesman are everywhere we turn, whether it we see them on the television or hear them on the radio. Some better than others, but one in particular, Steve Jobs. To many he was looked at as an inventor or an engineer, but to some people they see an outstanding sales man. The beginning of a legend Steve Jobs was born in California during the month of February 1955. (Steve Jobs Biography) (1) Steve’s biological parents put him up for adoption where we was later…

systems work, the first commercial arcade video game, Computer Space by Nutting Associates, was introduced in 1971. Although video games date way back, the Atari introduced Pong to the arcades. Nolan Bushnell founded Atari Inc. Nolan is described as the father of the videogame industry. The game pong first introduced by Nolan’s company Atari, revolutionized the way videogames were played. Hi Dating back to the 1940s for the Westinghouse display at the world’s fair, Edward V. Condon designed…

The rise of technology has been a great resource for the growing world, from radio, to Television, to cars. Although sometimes these are not the most groundbreaking of them all. From 1958 to present day, video games have ruled the technology industry. People are willing to pay forth thousands of dollars for just a couple hours of pleasure. Video games have affected everyone worldwide, from families, to companies, to even schools and younger children. They affect these people by the way they act…