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The First Computer
Charles Babbage proposed the idea to build the first computer. -
First Electronic Computer
Tom Kilburn at Manchester University, Richard Grimsdale and Douglas Webb, demonstrated a prototype of the electric computer. -
Internet Launched
University of California, Los Angeles introduced the public to the Internet. -
Fisrt Mouse
Doug Engelbart invented the computer mouse in his research lab at Stanford Research Institute in 1963. He thought of it in a conference in 1961 and had the idea to have a moving pair of small wheels being able to move about on a tabletop, one wheel turning horizontally, one turning vertically, the computer could then recognise the movements and have the the cursor on the display monitor. -
First Email
1972 using two machines by an engineer named Ray Tomlinsin. -
First Arcade Colour Game
The first arcade game to use effective colour was Galaxian. It wasn't the first use colour but it was the first to use it effectively. -
Google Started
Is a United States-headquartered, multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, and software. -
Linkedin
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking service. Founded in December 2002 and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. In 2006, LinkedIn increased to 20 million members. As of June 2013, LinkedIn reports more than 259 million acquired users in more than 200 countries and territories. -
Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook when he was in Harvard studying pyschology. It spread extremely quickly throughout the University and soon it was everywhere.
The name was originally "The Facebook" which came from the sheets of paper distributed to students in their fisrt year, profiling students and staff. -
Skype
A telecommunications application software that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls from computers, tablets and mobile devices via the Internet to other devices or telephones/smartphones. Users can also send instant messages, exchange files and images, send video messages and create conference calls. Skype is available to download onto computers running Microsoft Windows, Mac or Linux, as well as Android, Blackberry, iOS and Windows Phone smartphones and tablets. -
Youtube
A video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion. "Youtubers", people who upload popular videos, can even live off making videos. -
Twitter
Twitter was launched in 2006 and was founded in America, San Francisco, California. -
Google Bought Youtube
Google bought Youtube for $1.65 billion. -
Tumblr
Tumblr is a networking site for blogging and sharing pictures. -
Instagram
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Pinterest
Pinterest is a web and mobile application company that offers a visual discovery, collection, sharing, and storage tool. Users create and share the collections of visual bookmarks (boards). Boards are created through a user selecting an item, page, website, etc. and pinning it to an existing or newly created board. -
Instagram Deleting Spam Users
Instagram deleted thousands of spam users who weren't real people and were just cluttering up Instagram, trying to sell thing. -
Sleep Number SleepIQ Kids Bed
Not just a smart bed, but a smart bed for children: this monitors their sleeping patterns, can alert parents if they get out of bed during the night, can have its lights turned on and off remotely, and even includes a “monster detector” to ease young minds’ night-time fears. -
Sony SmartEyeglass Attach!
Google Glass is far from a mainstream success, but there are a smattering of other companies hoping to bring smart eyewear to the masses. Or at least to a few more people who aren’t rich white men in Silicon Valley. Sony actually has two products on the go, but its SmartEyeglass Attach! is the most interesting, since it clips on to normal glasses with its miniature screen. -
Narrative Clip 2
Narrative is one of the prime movers in the “lifelogging” area: making small camera designed to be worn on your clothes, which snap regular photographs as you go about your daily business. Its second-generation model was unveiled at CES: easier to clip on, with a better eight-megapixel camera and the ability to wirelessly sync photos with the cloud and/or your smartphone. -
Gogoro Smartscooter
Gogoro’s Smartscooter is an electric scooter with a range of nearly 100 miles, but you don’t recharge its battery: you swap it. The company will operate a series of hubs where batteries can be reserved ahead of time, then swapped for the one that’s running out. There’s no news on its launch date or likely price, including the cost of the ongoing subscription for the batteries
