Jason Pettus :blobrainbow: on Nostr: #TodayILearned that Bing Crosby was the world's very first major investor in magnetic ...

#TodayILearned that Bing Crosby was the world's very first major investor in magnetic recording tape, specifically so he could record his daily live New York show and re-broadcast it in California later. He spent today's equivalent of several million dollars on the first experimental machines, thus allowing for more R&D and arguably laying the groundwork for the entire resulting computer industry. Thanks, npub1typ5we79rr527q30467hfz8ptfy0h8gxpmfn7j64ak6pk6pv4rfszzc8hh (npub1typ…c8hh)! https://www.honest-broker.com/p/how-bing-crosby-made-silicon-valley