CIS105

  • Adobe Photoshop

    Adobe Photoshop
    After brothers Thomas and John Knoll noticed the lack of photo-editing features on computers, they spent most of the 80's designing the app and it was released in Feb. 1990.
  • Text Messaging

    Text Messaging
    Neil Papworth successfully sent the first text message to Richard Jarvis on a PC. Nokia’s 1011.
  • Nokia 1011

    Nokia 1011
    The Nokia, the first mass-produced GSM phone, the first slim tiny phone.
  • Sony Playstation

    Sony Playstation
    Dec. 3, 1994, Sony released the first PlayStation in Japan. The Playstation, which retailed for about $387, skyrocketed in popularity and was considered Sony’s most important product since the Walkman.
  • DVD

    DVD
    NO more VHS. The DVD was created in 1995 and put out in 1996. Accompanying the DVD was the world’s first DVD player, the Toshiba SD-3000. No single company can be credited for the invention of the DVD. Variations were created by a number of different tech firms.