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Marty Cooper (the Father of Cellphones) invents the mobile
Martin Cooper, byname Marty Cooper, (born December 26, 1928, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), American engineer who led the team that in 1972–73 built the first mobile cell phone and made the first cell phone call. He is widely regarded as the father of the cellular phone -
Ethernet is created by Robert Metcalfe and team
Ethernet was created in 1973 by a team at the Xerox Corporation ’s Palo Alto Research Center (Xerox PARC) in California. The team, led by American electrical engineer Robert Metcalfe, sought to create a technology that could connect many computers over long distances. -
Paul Allen and Bill Gates found Microsoft, dominating the software industry
Microsoft founded. On April 4, 1975, at a time when most Americans used typewriters, childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft, a company that makes computer software. -
Apple Company is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne
Apple Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, CA and was incorporated on January 3, 1977 (Apple, 2010). The company was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Jobs also asked his former colleague from Atari, Ronald Wayne to join them in their startup -
The personal computer, both small and powerful, is created
Apple is Founded Apple Company is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne Period: 1981 to 1987. Personal Computer is Released IBM released the IBM PC (an affordable personal computer) -
IBM released the IBM PC (an affordable personal computer)
The IBM Personal Computer is the first computer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard. Released on August 12, 1981, it was created by a team of engineers and designers directed by Don Estridge in Boca Raton, Florida. -
First cellphones are available for sale
In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x was the first commercially available handheld mobile phone. From 1983 to 2014, worldwide mobile phone subscriptions grew to over seven billion; enough to provide one for every person on Earth -
Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world -
IBM creates the first smart phone
IBM is widely credited with developing the world’s first smartphone – the bulky but rather cutely named Simon. It went on sale in 1994 and featured a touchscreen, email capability and a handful of built-in apps, including a calculator and a sketch pad. -
Marc Andreessen creates the first browser program, allowing people to navigate the web
This was the first web browser aiming to bring multimedia content to non-technical users, and therefore included images and text on the same page, unlike previous browser designs; its founder, Marc Andreessen, also established the company that in 1994, released Netscape Navigator, which resulted in one of the early browser wars, when it ended up in a competition for dominance (which it lost) with Microsoft's Internet Explorer (for Windows -
PayPal is created, dominating the ecommerce field.
PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers, and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders. The company operates as a payment processor for online vendors, auction sites and many other commercial users, for which it charges a fee. -
Google company is formed, dominating the Web
That Google is the King of Search isn’t a surprise. That’s what they’re known for. But just look at how dominant they are. The search market share numbers will vary a bit depending on the data source, but regardless where you look, Google is crushingly dominant in all aspects of search. And most of all, in the mobile sector: Online Ads -
Youtube is created, dominating the video web field.
ouTube was created on February 14th, 2005 in San Mateo, California by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. The three founders knew each other from working together at another Internet start up, PayPal -
Modern social media (facebook, e.t.c)
In less than a generation, social media has evolved from direct electronic information exchange, to virtual gathering place, to retail platform, to vital 21st-century marketing tool. -
iPhone is created
The iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. that use Apple's iOS mobile operating system. The first-generation iPhone was announced by then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007. Since then, Apple has annually released new iPhone models and iOS updates. As of November 1, 2018, more than 2.2 billion iPhones had been sold -
The iPad ushered in an entirely new category of computing devices
we found that a "difficult-to-pinpoint target customer and a few pesky omissions are overshadowed by the excellent overall experience you get with Apple's iPad. And it sets the bar high for competing products in this nascent Internet tablet category." It earned an Editors' Choice. When it was released, many thought it was an expensive luxury device that fit somewhere between a laptop and a smartphone. -
Adobe Creative Cloud
When Adobe's desktop-installed suite of applications made the shift to Adobe Creative Cloud, it marked the end of one software model and the beginning of another. Adobe Creative Cloud remains one of the most popular web-based app suites, and a poster child of the cloud subscription plans that now dominate the tech industry. -
Two years after the release of the iPad, Microsoft debuted the Surface as a 2-in-1 workstation to bridge the gap between a laptop and a tablet
There was some concern that Redmond was biting the hand that feeds it—PC makers—but after a bumpy rollout (RIP Surface RT), Microsoft has carved out a space in the market with innovative machines, like the Surface Pro 7, an Editors' Choice. -
The Tesla Model S changed the game for electric cars in the US.
he company's second car after the Tesla Roadster was—at $50,000—a more affordable four-seat sports sedan, which was named Motor Trend Car of the Year and outsold Porsches and Jaguars in California. Elon Musk got himself into some trouble with the feds last year, but production on the $35,000 Model 3 continues. -
Xbox and PlayStation went head-to-head for the future of console gaming
Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One spawned a new era of games and countless thinkpieces, though PS4 got the last laugh when it came to units sold. Next year it all begins again with Xbox Project Scarlett and the PS5.
