News in the 21st Century

By signalmountaintsa
  • Feb 26, 1439

    Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press

  • Feb 26, 1450

    The first printed newsletters spread in Europe.

  • In Strasbourg, Johann Carolus prints and publishes Relation, the first European Newspaper

  • Benjamin Harris publishes Public Occurrences, the first newspaper in North America, only to be jailed after the first issue.

  • The Boston News-Letter by John Campbell becomes the first American Newspaper with more than one issue.

  • Wireless sound waves are transmitted by Heinrich Hertz.

  • Edward Kleeinschmidt ivents the teletype

  • Station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan becomes the first radio news broadcaster.

  • Time Magazine is established.

  • First email sent across the ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network).

  • The breakthrough of Internet Forums allows users to voice their opinions on certain topics.

  • Tim Berners-Lee at CERN creates the World Wide Web.

  • World wide web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee

  • CERN publicizes the World Wide Web by letting anyone use it for free.

  • BellSouth develops the first smartphone called the Simon, which includes many applications such as an address book, games, and calculator.

  • Internet first called the "Information Superhighway" after gaining popularity.

  • Links.net, the first blog, was created by Justin Hall at Swarthmore College.

  • The World Wide Web give rise to a new digital industry

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    1995 to Present

  • Approximately one million websites.

  • The term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger on the blog Robot Wisdom.

  • Launch of prominent rechnology companies such as Google

  • Founding of HTC, company that designs and manufactures mobile devices.

  • Jonathan Dube blogged about Hurricane Bonnie for the Charlotte Observer, making it the first blog on a traditional news site.

  • Open Diary by Bruce Abelson becomes the first blog in which one user can comment on another user's page.

  • Peter Merholz shortened "weblog" to "blog".

  • Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan at Pyra Labs became a platform that would become Blogger, bringing blogging to the mainstream arena.

  • Version 1.0 of Movable Type was released.

  • Wikipedia is established

  • Digital Satellite radio was invited

  • The Blackberry series launches the first true smartphone with organizer applications.

  • Bloggers made a political impact by contributing to the resignation of Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott.

  • Friendster gains more than one million users

  • After development for two years, WordPress began.

  • AdSense advertising platform was launched, making it possible for bloggers without huge platforms to make a profit.

  • Sean Bonner and Jason DeFillippo established Metblogs.com.

  • Launch of MySpace (purchased by NewsCorp in 2005) and Facebook (struggles against MySpace's dominance)

  • The first video blogs began.

  • "Rathergate" Scandal occurs.

  • Merriam-Webster declares the word "blog" the word of the year.

  • Facebook debuts.

  • Google purchases Android, Inc.

  • YouTube is created

  • Launch of twitter, a micro-blogging platform. Decline of MySpace users due to cluttered pages of advertisements

  • The Swedish Post- och Inrikes Tidningar ("Post and Domestic Newspaper"), the oldest continuously published newspaper, moves exclusively to the web.

  • The microblog, Tumblr started, offering many new features including reblogging and different post types.

  • Facebook reaches almost 60 million users and introduces Facebook Pages for brands. Introduction of the iPhone

  • Apple releases its first iPhone.

  • The Pulitzer Prize Board announced it will accept solely internet-based journalism for nomination in all 14 Pulitzer Prize journalism categories.

  • Emergence of social media management systems (SMMS)

  • Apple introduces App Store that allows iPhones to install applications over Wi-Fi or cellular networks.

  • Google launches first Android smartphone, the HTC Dream/G1.

  • Launch of Android Market (later renamed Google Play) includes Google's proprietary applications, such as Maps, Calendar, and Gmail.

  • Depaul University becomes the first university to offer a course to study Twitter.

  • Breaking news trends on Twitter. Emergence of Tumbler and Instagram. Facebook creates the Like button.

  • RIM launches BlackBerry App World in April. Nokia launches its Ovi Store in May. Palm launches Palm App Catalog in June. Microsoft launches Windows Marketplace for Mobile for Windows Mobile in October

  • 2010 Samsung launches Samsung Apps for its Bada based phones in June. Microsoft launches Windows Phone Marketplace for Windows Phone in October. Amazon launches Amazon Appstore for Google Android operation system in March.

  • Launch of Pinterest and Google+. Social marketing becomes a vital part of marketing department

  • David Wood of the Huffington Post receives the first Pulitzer Prize in journalism to ever be given to an Internet-Only author.

  • Windows Phone Market reaches 100,000 apps, with 313 new apps added daily.