Day in Tech History

Day in Tech History


December 2, 1991: Apple Quicktime

December 02, 2016

1991 – What was first a Multimedia add-on for System 6, Quicktime has spent 21 years being Apples’ proprietary player. The original version contained graphics, animation and Video codecs – What was refered to as “Road Pizza”. Since then Quicktime had developed on both Mac and Windows sides (starting in 1992). The current version is called Quicktime X but there are signs the technology is either moving a new direction or possibly retired. This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for December 2 [sc name=”patreon”] The Virginia Internet Policy Act AT&T pulls pay phones Digg.com was not for sale