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Printing Press was invented
Johannes Gutenberg invented the first movable type printing press that would help increase the mass production of newspapers and other articles along with making the production cost more affordable. One of Gutenberg's most well known printed items was the 'Gutenberg Bible.' -
Boston News-Letter
The first newspaper was called the Boston News-Letter and it was published by, the postmaster of Boston, John Campbell. It was known in history as the first newspaper published continuously in America. It was a small sheet of paper with print on both sides. It had no competition until 1719 when the first issue of the Boston Gazette was published. -
First photograph from a camera was taken
In 1826 the first photograph was taken in France by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. This was the first known photograph taken by a camera. -
First Phonograph was invented!
Thomas Edison was the created of the first phonograph. While many other devices that could record sound had already been created, his was the first that could reproduce the recorded sounds. -
Typewriter was invented!
The first commercially successful typewriter was in invented in 1878 by Christopher Latham Sholes, Frank Haven Hall, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule. They were all American inventors and created the typewriter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -
First motion picture was made!
Roundhay Garden Scene was the first motion picture film released showing action. It was 2.11 seconds long by was still considered a short film. -
First television was invented!
In 1927 Philo Farnsworth was the first to successfully created a television when he was only 21-years-old. It was invented in San Francisco, CA. When he was in high school, Farnsworth started to develop the system that would take images, code them into radio waves and then transform that back into a picture that could be displayed on a television screen. -
First Programmable Computer
The first programmable computer was named the Z1, it was the first "electromechanical binary programmable computer." It was created Konrad Zuse, a german inventor, in his parents living room. The process of the creation was ongoing between 1936 and 1938. -
First ever gaming console was made
In 1972, Ralph Baer created the first video game system called Magnavox Odyssey. It was based on the prototype console called the "Brown Box." -
First handheld cell phone was created!
A Motorola researcher by the name Martin Cooper made the first successful mobile phone call from a piece of handheld subscriber equipment. The first ever call on the new cell phone was to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, Martin Cooper's rival, probably to brag to him about his HUGE successful invention. -
VHS Player was invented
The first VHS Players were launched in Japan by the popular brand JVC in 1976 and soon after in 1977 they were launched in the United States. The VHS tapes were also released at this time. The popular machine at the time was called the Betamax and it competed with the VHS machine through the 1970s and 1980s. -
First commerical compact disc was produced
The first disc produced was a recording of Claudio Arrau from 1979 when she performed Chopin waltzes. Arrau was even invited to the Langenhagen plant to press the start button. The first popular disc produced at the factory after the Chopin waltzes was The Visitors (1991) by ABBA. -
First web page was launched
In 1991, the first web page was launched by Tim Berners-Lee. It was created to hold information on the World-Wide Web Project. It was launched from a NeXT computer at the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The websites link was: http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html -
First MP3 player was launched!
Saehan Information Systems launched the first successful MP3 player in 1997. Saehan named it the "MPMan" and the South Korean company eventually licensed them so they could be sold in North America for distribution. They were licensed to Eiger Labs which eventually rebranded them as EigerMan F10 and F20. -
Netflix was launched
Netflix was launched in Scotts Valley, CA. Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings were the creators of the very successful movie/tv streaming program. In 2013, they started releasing self-commissioned originals, their first being House of Cards. In 2018, it was recorded that Netflix had almost 90,000 minutes of original content.
