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  • London, England
    Feb, 2010
    Nokia

    Symbian OS became Open Source

    London, England
    Feb, 2010

    The old Symbian OS became completely open source in February 2010.




  • Espoo, Finland
    Feb, 2010
    Symbian OS

    Open source code

    Espoo, Finland
    Feb, 2010

    The Symbian platform was officially made available as an open-source code in February 2010.




  • U.S.
    Feb, 2010
    iOS

    Siri App

    U.S.
    Feb, 2010

    Siri is an intelligent personal assistant integrated into iOS. The assistant uses voice queries and a natural language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to a set of Internet services. The software adapts to users' individual language usages, searches, and preferences, with continuing use. Returned results are individualized. Originally released as an app for iOS in February 2010




  • Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Feb, 2010
    Google LLC

    Google announced The Google Fiber Project

    Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Feb, 2010

    In February 2010, Google announced the Google Fiber project, with experimental plans to build an ultra-high-speed broadband network for 50,000 to 500,000 customers in one or more American cities.




  • Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Feb, 2010
    Google LLC

    FERC Granted Google an Authorization To Buy and Sell Energy at Market Rates

    Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Feb, 2010

    In February 2010, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC granted Google an authorization to buy and sell energy at market rates.




  • U.S.
    Monday Feb 1, 2010
    Amazon

    Microsoft launches Microsoft Azure

    U.S.
    Monday Feb 1, 2010

    Microsoft launches Microsoft Azure, a cloud computing platform that will compete with Amazon AWS over cloud services.




  • Espoo, Finland
    Thursday Feb 4, 2010
    Symbian OS

    The Symbian community objective

    Espoo, Finland
    Thursday Feb 4, 2010

    The Symbian community objective was to publish the source code for the entire Symbian platform under the OSI- and FSF-approved Eclipse Public License (EPL). The code was published under EPL on 4 February 2010; Symbian Foundation reported this event to be the largest codebase moved to Open Source in history.


  • San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Feb, 2010
    Uber

    Ryan Graves became the first Uber employee

    San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Feb, 2010

    In February 2010, Ryan Graves became the first Uber employee and received 5–10% of the company. Graves started out as general manager and was named CEO shortly after the launch.


  • Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
    Wednesday Feb 17, 2010
    IKEA

    The First IKEA Store In Latin America

    Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
    Wednesday Feb 17, 2010

    The company later expanded into more countries in the 1990s and 2000s. The first IKEA store in Latin America opened on 17 February 2010 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.


  • New York, New York City, U.S.
    Wednesday Feb 17, 2010
    HTC

    Fast company ranking

    New York, New York City, U.S.
    Wednesday Feb 17, 2010

    On 17 February 2010, Fast Company ranked HTC as the 31st most innovative company in the world.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Feb 18, 2010
    DC Comics

    DC Entertainment named Jim Lee and Dan DiDio as Co-Publishers of DC Comics

    U.S.
    Thursday Feb 18, 2010

    On February 18, 2010, DC Entertainment named Jim Lee and Dan DiDio as Co-Publishers of DC Comics, Geoff Johns as Chief Creative Officer, John Rood as EVP (Executive Vice President) of Sales, Marketing and Business Development, and Patrick Caldon as EVP of Finance and Administration.


  • U.S.
    Monday Feb 22, 2010
    DC Comics

    Anonymous buyer

    U.S.
    Monday Feb 22, 2010

    On February 22, 2010, a copy of Action Comics #1 (June 1938) sold at an auction from an anonymous seller to an anonymous buyer for $1 million, besting the $317,000 record for a comic book set by a different copy, in lesser condition, the previous year.


  • Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    Tuesday Feb 23, 2010
    Facebook, Inc.

    Facebook was granted a Patent On Certain Aspects of Its News Feed

    Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    Tuesday Feb 23, 2010

    On February 23, 2010, Facebook was granted a patent on certain aspects of its News Feed. The patent covers News Feeds in which links are provided so that one user can participate in the activity of another user. The sorting and display of stories in a user's News Feed is governed by the EdgeRank algorithm.


  • Tripoli, Libya
    Wednesday Feb 24, 2010
    Vodafone

    Vodafone in Libya

    Tripoli, Libya
    Wednesday Feb 24, 2010

    On 24 February 2010, the Vodafone group signed a partner network agreement with the second-largest operator in Libya, al Madar.


  • U.S.
    Feb, 2010
    Kevin Hart

    Kevin and Torrei Hart filed for divorce

    U.S.
    Feb, 2010

    Kevin and Torrei Hart filed for divorce in February 2010, citing irreconcilable differences.


  • Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Thursday Feb 25, 2010
    Shaquille O'Neal

    Severe right thumb injury

    Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Thursday Feb 25, 2010

    On February 25, 2010, O'Neal suffered a severe right thumb injury while attempting to go up for a shot against Glen Davis of the Boston Celtics.


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