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 Jada's blog post taught me a lot about the beginnings of Youtube. I didn't realize that the site was meant to be used as a dating website at first! That really goes to show what all can change in ideas in a very short time. When people think of these ideas, some of the downfalls of them are that they are too stubborn to significantly change their idea. For these creators, changing their idea to adapt to how people were using it worked out for them big time!     Many startups think that they need a shiny new office space with high-tech equipment to get started. What these people don't realize is that many of the big companies started off way smaller than that! Youtube was founded in a garage and was later sold for 1.65 Billion dollars. They needed very little to get their idea off the ground. Of course, once they grew they probably needed a lot more, but at the start, many ideas don't need grand foundations! 

The First Fax Machines     The "fax" in fax machine is short for facsimile, which means " a system of transmitting and reproducing graphic matter (such as printing or still pictures) by means of signals sent over telephone lines" ( Merriam-Webster ). So, a fax machine would be a machine that is capable of sending messages or images over telephone lines. How does something like this even start? On May 27, 1843, Alexander Bain achieved a patent that was for "improvements in producing and regulating electric currents and improvements in timepieces, and in electric printing, and signal telegraphs" ( FaxAuthority ).     So this wasn't exactly the fax machine, but he was the first to be able to transmit images across a wire. However, Frederick Bakewell took Bain's design and created a telegraph that could transmit images to one another. This was not commercially available, but it was a good first step to move towards that.  ( FaxAuthority ).  Giovanni Ca