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Abacus
The first calculator, the abacus, was invented by Babylonians. An abacus is a device used to count by moving the beads up and down. This gave people an easy way to keep track of everyday things. -
Email
Email was invented by Ray Tomlinson. He's the one who decided to use the @ symbol to send emails from one computer to another. An email is a message distributed by electronic means from one computer to another. -
Apple
Apple Computers was founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. The first product created was a computer designed by Wozniak. -
Nintendo
Nintendo gaming systems made its debut. They sold gaming systems to children as their targeted age group. -
Computer Usage
More than 45 million PCs are in use in the United States. A PC, or a personal computer, is a computer designed to be used my one person at a time. You can complete calculations, play games, search the internet, and much more. Today hundreds of companies sell PCs. -
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is launched to the public. The world wide web is an information system. It allows users to search for information by moving from one document to another. -
Google
Google was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page while they were PhD students at Stanford University. Google is a search engine used by over a billion people. -
Xbox
Bill gates introduces the Xbox. Xbox is a very popular video gaming system played by kids and adults all over the world. It was originally created to compete with Sony's Playstation and are still eachothers' leading competitors today. -
Skype
Skype announces they have over 100 million registered users. Skype is used to have a spoken conversation with someone over the internet, typically using a webcam. It was released in 2003, so over only 3 years there were 100 million users. -
Krista gets an Iphone
Krista Marie Murray gets her first phone. I got this phone because I was going to start middle school soon and my mom said we could get them for communication. I also was going to be doing theater camp by myself without my sister for a year because our age groups had rehearsal held in different places so I had the phone to call my mom or dad if I needed them. -
Cassidy gets an IPhone.
Cassidy Lane O'Mara gets her first IPhone. I got my rose gold Iphone 6s when I was 12, so I would have a way to communicate with my parents when i went to middle school. I had an IPad mini before this but my Mom's rule is that we cant get a phone until we're 12.
