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The first telegraph was made by Samuel Morse. The telegraph went from Washington D.C., to Baltimore. The first message was "What hath God wrought?". https://www.elon.edu/u/imagining/time-capsule/150-years/back-1830-1860/#:~:text=The%20Development%20of%20the%20Telegraph&text=In%201843%2C%20Morse%20built%20a,God%20wrought%3F%E2%80%9D%20was%20sent. -
Christopher Latham Sholes invented the typewriter. The first commercial model was manufactured in 1873. The patent was not issued until 1868. -
Alexander Graham Bell received a patent from the U.S government to produce the first telephone. A few days after the patent was issued, the first telephone call was made. https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/ahoy-alexander-graham-bell-and-first-telephone-call#:~:text=On%207%20March%201876%2C%20Bell,speech%20by%20telegraphy%E2%80%94the%20telephone. -
The first videogame that was able to be played across multiple computer installations was called "Spacewar!" It was mostly played at Universities. https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/history-of-video-games#:~:text=In%201962%2C%20Steve%20Russell%20at,played%20on%20multiple%20computer%20installations. -
ARPANET was used to send the first message from one computer to another. The first computer was located at UCLE and the second was located at Sanford University. https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-internet#:~:text=On%20October%2029%2C%201969%2C%20ARPAnet,size%20of%20a%20small%20house.) -
Ray Tomlinson sends the first email which makes the "@" symbol the universal electronic indicator of who sent the email to you. The email was actually sent to himself. -
The first desk-sized computer was invented by IBM and Hewlett-Packard and was mainly used to conduct scientific research. -
Before 1983, the different computer networks did not have a way to communicate with each other. This is the date when modern internet became used. This is when ARPANET shifted to the TCP/IP(Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol) protocol. https://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit07/internet07_02.phtml#:~:text=January%201%2C%201983%20is%20considered,Protocol%20(TCP%2FIP). -
Google was founded in 1988 which revolutionized how people were able to access information. It is still one of the biggest search engines today. This is a short video about how Google began. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2Yb4qSJjI -
Tim Berners-Lee creates the World Wide Web. This opened up the internet to more of the public. It currently gives people places to post things on blogs, social networking sites, new website, and more. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkcqn39/articles/z2nbgk7 -
Netflix was introduced first as a company that you can buy or rent movies and film from. We now know Netflix as the largest streaming service for TV shows and movies which began in 2007. -
This is when WI-FI was able to be used in homes. Routers were introduced as a way to access WI-FI https://purple.ai/blogs/history-wifi/#:~:text=This%20sparked%20development%20in%20prototype,was%20introduced%20for%20home%20use. -
One of the first websites that allowed you to search nearly everything and provide you with answer and insight across all topics. -
This was the beginning of modern social media. It allowed you to connect with friends and family. This was the largest social networking site in the world from 2005 to 2009. -
A social networking site launched by Mark Zuckerberg to help people connect with family all over the world. It has since become a billion dollar corporation. -
This became one of the largest internet browsers upon its launch. It was invented by Dave Hyatt, Joe Hewitt, and Blake Ross and was downloaded over 100 million times in less than a year. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/history/#:~:text=Firefox%201.0%20was%20released%20in,and%20keep%20setting%20new%20records. -
This is a website that can be accessed by anyone who has the internet. People from all over the world post videos that are informational some are used for entertainment. People upload 100 hours of video per minute to YouTube to reach a global audience. https://www.algonquincollege.com/ac-social-media/why-use-youtube/#:~:text=YouTube%20is%20the%202nd%20largest,or%20providing%20information%20to%20students. -
The IPhone changed the way that cell phones were used forever. It allowed you to access the internet from your mobile device. -
A Social media platform that blew up because of how different it was from other platforms at the time. It allowed people to communicate through pictures from their friends and the pictures only lasted a short period of time. -
TikTok was invented by Zhang Yiming who was the founder of ByteDance. It is currently the largest social media platform on the internet. It is used an an outlet for people to express themselves in videos that are funny, informational, controversial, entertaining, and more. https://www.webwise.ie/parents/explained-tiktok/#:~:text=TikTok%20is%20a%20social%20media,share%20them%20across%20a%20community.