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This the starting point of history. This marks the point of time where the story of humanity started.
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This was used to design caves and record information and events.
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The first recorded documents were written by various ancient civilizations.
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The cuneiform was the first developed system of writing in the history. It was mainly used by Sumerians and other cultures.
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Mail services were used in the medieval period as a form of communication for long distances.
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Invented by Gene Fowler Tsai Lun in China. They popularized the use of paper instead of papyrus from Egypt.
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Following the popularity of paper, the mass printing became the better way of handing out information.
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The automatic typewriter became a faster way of putting information and ideas to paper.
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An automatic machine that sends out information through a series of beeps that vary in length. The beeps formed a code, Morse Code, that is relayed in long distances.
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With the onset of modernization, the newspaper became the first tool that spread information in a periodic frequency.
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Invented by Alexander Graham Bell, it was made to transfer voices over long distances through wires.
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Another product of technology, the radio uses radio waves to distribute information in really long distances.
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The first satellites flew into low-earth orbit and was used to transmit radio signals and take the first satellite pictures
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The first computers were activated and used. They were mainly used for computations and complex formulas.
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The onset of mass media enabled the people to formally spread information in large audiences
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The internet was developed from the military prototype ARPANET and it was then made for commercial and public use.
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Handheld, wireless telephones caught the popular masses and the first versions were bulky and heavy.
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The first websites were published on the internet and became the first content of the service
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The birth of the giant connection that today gives us the accessibility to search information readily.
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After the spread of social media, the service of live calls and chat became the flagship features of each media site. This led to the rise of video calling that uses cameras to feed recipient and sender live videos of each other as they chat.