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Alexander Graham Bell patents the first electrial telephone.
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The first telephone answering machines are invented.
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Guglielmo Marconi manages to transmit the first radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean.
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The first television broadcast occurs in Britain, due to the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird.
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The first FM radio broadcast occurs.
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The first cell phone, the Motorola Dyna-Tac, is invented.
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American government releases control of the internet and the World Wide Web is created.
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Aol introduces the first internet chat in the form of AIM (Aol instant messanger).
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Three former PayPayl employees create YouTube, which quickly became the world's most popular video-sharing site.
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The first new generation mobile phone is created. This phone can be configured to serve as a wallet, with direct access to the user's bank accounts and credit cards, as well as a personal identification document (ID, Driver's license). It can also be used to activate cars compatible with it, effectively serving as a car key as well.
