History of Key Technological Inventions Impacting The Events Industry - please click events for description
By sophieselbie
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the Ipod can now be plugged in at many events to play music
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It was the first an online meeting-booking tool designed for small meetings. This idea has been developed and improved upon ever since.
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Wifi internet access is deployed in more than 6,000 hotels, this made hotels more attractive for meetings. We live in a society now where wifi is always used at some point of planning and running of an event.
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an online networking site, building connections between business professionals. It is now very useful for keeping contacts with people you have worked with at events.
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Cutting out the grey area of music ownership, music can be played legally at events without much risk.
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Facebook was founded, this is now a massive marketing tool used within the industry.
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This social networking site also now used as a huge marketing tool withing the events industry.
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Apple introduced the first smartphone. Smartphones are used profusely at events in particular their apps.
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Skype provided high-definition video conferencing. This gave planners the ability to stream good quality video signal for free at events.
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Mobile apps specifically for events and tradeshows saw explosive growth with hundreds of new companies providing services emerging.
