The World's First Airline

The world’s first passenger Airline was DELAG (Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft, or German Airship Transportation Corporation Ltd). It was founded on 16 November 1909 with government assistance and operated Zeppelin rigid airships manufactured by the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin Corporation. Its headquarters were located in Frankfurt, Germany.

The First Commercial Flight

It occurred on January 1, 1914. The flight took place between St. Petersburg and Tampa. It took 23 minutes between the two cities separated by 21 miles of bay waters. 

First Text Message

The first ever text was sent on December 3 1992. Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old British engineer used his computer to send the message "Merry Christmas" to an Orbitel 901 mobile phone. Papworth typed out “Merry Christmas” on an office computer and sent it to his boss’s cellphone, Richard Jarvis. Richard was at a Vodaphone Christmas party at that time.

First Cell Phone Call

The first cell phone call was made on April 3, 1973 by Martin Cooper, the former Motorola vice president and division manager.

Boeing 787 Makes Test Flight To Check Battery

SEATTLE (AP) — A Boeing 787 with a redesigned battery system made a 2-hour test flight on Monday, and the company said the event "went according to plan."

The test flight was an important step in Boeing Co.'s plan to convince safety regulators to let airlines resume using the plane, which the company calls the Dreamliner.

Boeing will analyze information from the flight and prepare for another flight — using the same plane — to demonstrate the 787's performance to the Federal Aviation Administration, said company spokesman Marc Birtel.

Dropbox Acquires Mailbox

Dropbox announced on Friday that it had acquired Mailbox, the startup focused on changing the way users handle email on the smartphone.

Happy Birthday, Richard M. Stallman!

March 16 is the birthday for Richard M. Stallman. Well, most of people know him as the "God of Free Software".