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Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs had the idea for the Apple 1. Jobs insisted that they try to sell it as it would be beneficial to them in the future.
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Steve Wozniak and Jobs continued with their Apple projects. After previous success, they continued with the Apple 2 which was a very impressive machine for its time as it had color graphics.
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The Apple Macintosh was released on the market in 1984 with 128k RAM of memory. First computer that isn't text based as it uses icons that you can activate with a mouse.
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In 1986, the computer industry has become very successful. It has now sold 30 million computers in America.
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PC's have taken off in 1988. 45 million personal computers have been sold in America.
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Sir Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. He introduced it to the public in 1991.
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Yahoo is released in 1994. Yahoo is an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchially Organized Oracle. Its purpose originally was a catalog for managing websites.
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James Gosling created Java at Sun Microsystems and was released in 1995 as a computer programming language.
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Jeff Bezo introduces Amazon in 1995 for selling books over the web. He based his company out of Seattle because of the hightech workforce.
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Pierre Omidyar introduces eBay in 1995. Its purpose was to be an online market place for the sale of goods and services to the common indivdual.
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Began as a research project in 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It is now used as a search engine for many people.
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In 2002, around 2 billion PC's have been sold in America. The PC market is booming and technology is advancing.
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Mclaren has a new design for the future with the Mclaren Jetset. Designed by an RCA graduate it is a minimalist, all electric super car designed for the future.
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The “Mini” is a new innovative car that can talk to you and inspire you, really putting a personal touch on your car.
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The Rolls Royce 130 EX is a new car that will drive for you, plan your route for you and talk to you. It will help set up your schedule and help you keep it.