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1. The Verge (theverge@social.undernet.uy)'s status on Wednesday, 25-May-2016 23:20:08 UTC The Verge
   Why is there an iPhone in this 350-year-old painting?: When Tim Cook and StartUp Delta's Neelie Kroes presented a blurry photograph of this disturbing painting to a room full of journalists at Startup Fest Europe, Cook joked (?), "I always thought I knew when the iPhone was invented, but now I’m not so sure anymore." The Next Web reported this bizarre anecdote from the conference, noting that the odd-shaped block in the painting is actually described by the painter as "a letter." Okay, that's an iPhone, but sure. what makes tim cook so confident in the recorded events of history? What I find most flabbergasting about this very odd story is that Tim Cook has ever been confident in the timing of the iPhone's invention or the identity of its inventor. If I have learned anything from the... Continue reading… #theverge #technology http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/25/11775484/iphone-in-17th-century-painting-okay-sure
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   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 25-May-2016 23:48:01 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se
     ^ I don't see the man in the 350-yr-old painting holding an #iPhone. It's probably just a pocket calculator with red LED readout.