Geek Fact for June 16th

By Judy Novotny / 06/16/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1911, Computing Tabulating Recording (CTR) Corporation, the precursor to IBM, was incorporated.

It was a merger of three companies: the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company and the Computing Scale Corporation. CTR became IBM in 1924.

Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_IBM

About The Author

Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.

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