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The first freely programmable computer came into play.
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The transistor was invented by Bell Telephone Company. It wasn't a computer in itself'but it was a vital computer component.
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International Business Machines came out with their first computer machine.
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Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce invented the integrated circuit'better known as the computer chip.
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Spacewar games invented the first computer video games.
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Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse. He called it the mouse because the cord came out the back like a tail.
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IBM and Apple were just a couple of the brands that put out the first personal computers.
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Tim Berners Less came up with the World Wide Web. He started a computer revolution.
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Nokia introduced a phone that had internet capabilities. This started a revolution of devices that were small'portable computers.
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While most games see a player working towards an end-game scenario, The Sims allows players to create a home, get a job, and form relationships in a free-form world.
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The Arduino used a Java-based integrated development environment and users could access a library of programs, called “Wiring,” that allowed for simplified programming. Arduino soon became the main computer platform of the worldwide “Maker” movement.
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Amazon Web Services is launched. It introduced a number of web services, including Amazon Elastic Cloud 2 (EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).
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Initially developed by Swedish game designer Markus “Notch” Persson, Minecraft allows players to build towers and play challenges. The game, which could be played in either survival or creative mode, has received many awards from the international gaming press.
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Adobe Creative Cloud is announced as a subscription and cloud-based model of distribution for its major software products. Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and others, could be subscribed to either as a complete package or individually to suit user needs.
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Instagram, an image-sharing and social networking application, is purchased by Facebook for nearly $1 billion. It was initially launched in October 2010 by founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and became an instant hit, with over 100 million active users by early 2013.
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Building a computer into the watch form factor has been attempted many times but the release of the Apple Watch leads to a new level of excitement. Incorporating a version of Apple's iOS operating system, as well as sensors for environmental and health monitoring, the Apple Watch was designed to be incorporated into the Apple environment with compatibility with iPhones and Mac Books.