Timeline

On the History of Communications-Victoria Madden

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    Paper

    Paper, Invented by the Ancient Chinese, allowed people to record thoughts and send them to another person. This was important because it let messages go from place to place bay ways other than word-of-mouth.
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    Postal Service

    Created by Queen Mary and Kin William, The postal sevice was a reliable way to get your message from you to someone else. It was the first way to get your message from one place to another without taking yourself, and it paved the road for many more orginazations of it's kind.
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    Telegraph

    In 1750, benjramin Franklin invented the electrical telegraph, the
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    Pony Express

    created by William Russell, Alexander Majors and William Waddell, the Pony Express was a mail system in the U.S that is a great example of a hard-core postal severvise, and it is one of the first in the U.S.
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    Carrier Pigeons

    Although carrier pigeons were used a long time before this, the first orginazation was the Great Barrier Pigeongram Service, established in 1864. Carrier pigeons were reliable and discreate form of messageing; one of the first stelth maessaging system.
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    Telephone

    Invented in 1976 bay Alexander Graham Bell, the telephone was the first way to send vocal messages instently over long distences. It was the first of its kind, but now the phone network is one of the biggest and most profitable company in the world.
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    Texting

    Kick-started in 1933 by RCA Communications, texting is the form of messageing that is most popular as of today. Tagged "instent messaging," texting os preformed by sending brief, electronic messages over the cell network. Texting gave people a way to communicate instently without haveing to talk.
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    Google Glass

    Google glass is the idea of having a smartwhone right where you can see it. It will be a good way to skype while walking, pull up the menu for the resturant you are thinking of going to, and cake calls. It will be voice activated.
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    Skype

    invented by Janus Friis, skype is one way to have a face-to-face conversation with someone half way across the world. You could see their expression, and just see them, which appeled to people that missed someone.