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First Inter-Computer Message Sent
UCLA student programmer sends word 'login' between computers using ARPANET - the precursor to the internet developed for governmental and research use -
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Historical Dates in Communication Technologies
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First Cell Phone Call Made
Although the widespread use of mobile phones didn't really occur until 1979 with the development of 23 base stations in Tokyo, Japan, the first phone call on a Motorola cell was made on this date in New York, US -
First Personal Computers Commerically Marketed
Scelbi Computer Consulting begin to publicly sell the first micro-computers, transforming the use of computers socially forever -
TIME Magazine Names Computer as "Man of the Year"
A bold diversion from tradition, TIME recognised the enormous social impact and power of the computer early on -
:-) First Used
Scott E Fahlman proposes the use of :-) and :-( to distinguish between joking and serious information online - the first emoticons -
First Search Engine on Web
W3 Catalogue is launched. Relies on already existing high-quality lists of websites rather than crawlers and indexers as more recent search engines -
First Photo Taken on Camera Phone
Philippe Kahn used a primitive version of a mobile phone camera to take and transmit a photo of his newborn daughter, heralding the age of pervasive recordability with cameras always in our pocket -
Myspace Launched
In August 2003, several people developed Myspace based on ideas from site Friendster. Myspace was arguably the first widely successful social networking site, ushering in the social media age. -
iPhone Launched
The most popular smartphone ubiquitious in today's society was first launched by Apple on this date
