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Thomas Edison makes the first functioning audio player. -
Emile Berliner made the gramophone; the basis of the contemporary record player. -
In the 30's and 40's, the record player became publicly available. -
A radio that was portable created by Idea Incorporated. -
The muti-tracker allowed for musicians to record in a new format, created by Ampex -
Created by Lou Ottens, the cassette offered a simpler way of audio playback with higher quality. -
William Powell Lear created the 8-track in 1964 which uses magnetic tape recording. -
Created by Phillips in 1966, the Boombox was a loud portable speaker. -
Invented in the late 70's by Sony, the Walkman was another portable audio player. -
Created in 1982 by Phillips and Sony most of music began to be produced onto disks or CD's. -
In 1984 Sony launched the Diskman as a portable player of CD's and Disks. -
Created in 1997 by a Japanese company called SaeHan -
Launched in 2001 by Apple, the Ipod was a groundbreaking introduction to the industry of music streaming. -
In 2007, Apple improved on the model of the Ipod to turn it touchscreen, modernizing it and laying the groundwork for what would eventually become the first Iphone. -
January 9th, 2007, the release of the first Iphone was announced. This allowed for people to stream music anytime, anywhere. -
With the production of the Iphone, apps dedicated for streaming music began to release. Like Spotify in 2008, Apple Music in 2015, Pandora in 2000, and YouTube in 2005, music streaming services have been around for many years and are the main reason why streaming music is so popular now.