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First Computer
The Difference engine was a mechanical computer. It was developed by Charles Babbage. to make calculations. -
First 3D film released
The earliest confirmed 3D film shown to an out-of-house audience was The Power of Love, which premiered at the Ambassador Hotel Theater in Los Angeles on 27 September 1922. -
First 3D TV
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First Electronic Computer
The world's first elecronic computer, the Colossus, was developed for the British codebrealers in WWII in order to help the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher. It was invented by Tommy Flowers. -
First Mouse
The first computer was developed by Douglas Engelbart and Bill English ans was used for the first time with the Xerox Alto system in 1973. It wasn't very successful so the first widely used mouse is credited to being the mouse found on the Apple Lisa computer. -
Internet Launched
THe internet was launched by Tim Berners-Lee -
First email sent
It was sent by Ray Tomlinson as a test message, It wasn't documented and most likely was "QWERTYUIOP". -
First Games console
The Magnavox Odyssey was the world's first commercial home video game console. It was first demonstrated in April 1972[1] and released in August of that year, predating the Atari Pong home consoles by three years -
Aardman founded
Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, or simply as Aardman, is a British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The studio is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques. -
First Feature-length CGI film
Toy Story was the first feature-length computer-animated film and the first theatrical film produced by Pixar. -
Netflix Launched
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Google launched
Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in a garage.
while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. -
Data Protection Act came into force
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First online game service
XBOX live was the first online game service. -
HDMI Introduced
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a proprietary audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from an HDMI-compliant source device, such as a display controller, to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. (wikipedia) -
LinkedIn launched
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking service. -
Mysoace launched
Myspace is a social networking service with a strong music emphasis owned by Specific Media LLC and Justin Timberlake. It was founded on August 1, 2003 -
Facebook Launched
Facebook was launched by Mark Zuckerberg in an attempt to rehabilitate his image after the www.facemash.com controvosy. It was launched in his college dorm room at Harvard along with his fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
It was met with a legal challenge by brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss as they said that Zuckerberg stole the website. Saverin, one of the founders also challenged Zuckerberg legally after his shares were diluted. -
Flickr Launched
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YouTube Launched
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Twitter Launched
Work on the project stsrted on March 21st 2006 when Jack Dorsey sent the first Twitter message at 9:50 PM Pacific Standard Time: "just setting up my twttr" -
tumblr. Launched
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Pintrest launched
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Snapchat Launched
Snapchat is a photo messaging application developed by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown, then Stanford University students. -
Instagram bought by Facebook
Facebook paid $1,000,000,000 (£629) and stock to takeover Facebook -
Facebook reaches 1 billion users
Facebook reached 1 billion people who are "actively" using the social network every month in October 2012. -
Vine introduced
Vine is a short video sharing service that was aquired by twitter in October 2012 -
Windows XP Support Ended
Windows XP is a personal computer operating system produced by Microsoft. The operating system was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and released for retail sale on October 25, 2001. Support for XP ended on 8th April 2014 making it now obsolete. -
Right to be forgotten ruling
As of 21 August 2014, Google has received over 30 million deletion requests, mostly due to copyright violations and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. -
First 5K Computer Screen
iMac 27inches. Costs £1999 -
Anonymous leak 13k PSN and XBOX Live users' details
A gang of internet hackers claims it has leaked personal details of more than 13,000 users of PlayStation, Xbox and sites including Amazon in what appears to be the latest high-profile breach of internet security in recent weeks. -
Ambulace Drone Introduced
The ambulance drone is a drone with a built in defibrillator that was developed by student Alec Momont. It reduces the response time to around 2 minutes bringing possible survival rates to around 80%. It can reach around 60mph (100 km/h) -
Fast Charging (under 1 minute)
An Israeli start-up company has introduced a charging dock and battery that takes around two minutes to charge fully. It cannot however be retrofitted to other phones as the 40amps of power would probably set fire to the phone. -
Smart Window introduced
annunced CES 2012
