Major Media and Filmography Developments (1950-PRESENT) By 17stummala Apr 14, 1956 Invention of the videotape May 10, 1959 Introduction of helial scan Jul 10, 1962 First major communications satellite launched Oct 29, 1969 ARPANET (first electronic computer network) created Nov 29, 1971 First personal computer invented Apr 15, 1973 First mobile phone Sep 7, 1975 First digital camera's invention Jun 25, 1984 LCD projector invented Nov 20, 1985 Microsoft Windows first released Nov 7, 1996 First DVD player released in Japan Dec 15, 2000 First commercial flash drive released Jun 29, 2007 First iPhone released