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Benjamin Franklin
Electricity was discovered by Benjamin Franklin. -
Lady Byron
Lady Byron make program for Babbages analytical machine which is thought to be the first computer. -
Film
Films are created by using units of pictures played from a projector. It took about 40-60 days to make film. -
First public demonstration of T.V.
John Baird was a Scottish inventor who made the first public demonstration of T.V. in London which led to a revolution in that area. -
Walt Disney makes Steamboat Willie
This was the first cartoon with a synced soundtrack. Disney knew that sound was the future of film. -
Turning Machine
This machine manipulates symbols on a piece of tape that goes along with the rule. It could simulate any computer algorithm. -
ABC computer
The ACB computer stands for Atanasoff–Berry computer who were the creators. It was the first automated digital computer. It weighed almost 50 tons. -
Microsoft
Bill gates founded Microsoft. He developed his own version of BASIC along with Paul Allen to form the first microcomputer -
First available cell phone
The first cell phone was the Motorola DynaTAC 800x. It was invented by Martin Cooper -
Internet
The Internet was in vented by Robert E. Kahn and Vint Cerf. Before it became the modern day internet it was called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network). -
WWW
The World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee who was a British scientist. It was created for sharing between scientists. -
First MP3 player
The first portable MP3 player was released by Saehan Information Systems. Later they sold them in Asia. -
Netflix
Netflix was founded in Scotts Valley CA by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. Reed got the idea after not wanting to have to worry about late fees for returning movies. -
Google
Google was founded in Menlo Park, CA. Googles CEO at the moment is Sundar Pichai. Google has 103,459 employees. -
iTunes
Apple comes out with iTunes. It only had about 200,000 songs at first. Only Mac users could transfer to iPads.
