Today in history

On December 4, 1986, the UN took a historic step by adopting the Declaration on the Right to Development. Imagine the boldness: declaring that development is not just a goal but a fundamental human right. More than a formality, this declaration opened the doors to innovation, recognizing that economic and social progress depends on policies […]

It was December 3, 1992. The world was still using landlines, and the internet was barely taking its first steps. Then, in a development room, someone typed “Merry Christmas” and hit send. Boom. The first text message in history was sent, and nobody could have predicted it would forever change the way we communicate. The […]

🎮 Once Upon a Time in 1980, a Game Changed Everything. While arcades were buzzing with shooters and space games, along came a round, yellow creature, racing through mazes, gobbling up pellets, and dodging ghosts. Pac-Man didn’t just take over arcade screens; it captured the imagination of millions, becoming a true pop culture icon. But […]

A trip back in time (and to brick-and-mortar game stores!) For those of you who may not remember — or who weren’t even born yet — Maxis was the studio behind bringing SimCity to the shelves of brick-and-mortar game stores. (Yes, those places where you had to actually go buy games IRL, in a giant […]

On August 29, 1997, back when the internet still made that annoying dial-up noise and no one even dreamed we’d be binge-watching shows until our eyes started blinking on their own, there was this tiny company called Kibble. They were doing something super groundbreaking at the time (for real!) — renting DVDs online. But then, […]

On a hot summer day, August 1st, 1981, something absolutely epic happened: MTV hit the airwaves in the US, forever changing the game in music, TV, and, yeah, the whole Digital Creative Economy. Imagine this—a channel just for playing music videos, so cool that even cassette tapes got jealous. “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll,” […]