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When did Gutenberg Invent the Printing Press?
The printing press, machine by which text and images are transferred to paper or other media by means of ink. Although movable type, as well as paper, first appeared in China, it was in Europe that printing first became mechanized. The earliest mention of a printing press is in a lawsuit in Strasbourg in 1439 revealing construction of a press for Johannes Gutenberg and his associates. -
When was the First Newspaper Printed?
In Boston, in 1690, Benjamin Harris published Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestic. This is considered the first newspaper in the American colonies even though only one edition was published before the paper was suppressed by the government. -
When was the New York Times Founded?
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as the NYT and NYTimes) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership. Founded in 1851, the paper has won 127 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper. The Times is ranked 17th in the world by circulation and 2nd in the U.S. -
When was the radio invented?
Guglielmo Marconi: an Italian inventor, proved the feasibility of radio communication. He sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895. By 1899 he flashed the first wireless signal across the English Channel and two years later received the letter "S", telegraphed from England to Newfoundland. -
When was the first television invented?
The First Electronic Television was Invented in 1927. The world's first electronic television was created by a 21-year-old inventor named Philo Taylor Farnsworth. That inventor lived in a house without electricity until he was age 14. -
When was the Internet Invented?
ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet. The online world then took on a more recognizable form in 1990, when computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web -
When was Google Founded?
The Google first company was officially launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to market Google Search, which has become the most used web-based search engine. Page and Brin, students at Stanford University in California, developed a search algorithm at first known as "BackRub" in 1996. -
When was Facebook Founded?
Originally called thefacebook, Facebook was founded by former-Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg (while at Harvard) who ran it as one of his hobby projects with some financial help from Eduardo Saverin. Within months, Facebook and its core idea spread across the dorm rooms of Harvard where it was very well received. -
When was Twitter Founded?
The first ever tweet was sent by the founder himself, Jack Dorsey on March 2006. The tweet read, “ Just setting up my Twttr.” The platform was later renamed as Twitter. Even while working on the Twitter concept, Odeo, which was a podcasting company was going through a rough patch. -
When was Instagram Founded?
Instagram was developed in San Francisco by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. Systrom was working in marketing and started doing engineering at night to help him learn how to code. He created a prototype app of an idea he originally called Burbn, which allowed people to check-in where they are on their mobile web app. -
When was Snapchat Founded?
Evan Spiegel, the CEO and founder of Snapchat and Bobby Murphy- his co-founder- met at the Stanford University where they created the initial version of Snapchat, which was known as Picaboo. Their main goal was to create an application that would help users send photos to their friends that would eventually vanish.
