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Rotary Phone
Addressing the technical shortcomings, Almon Brown Strowger invented a telephone dial in 1891. -
The ENIAC (first computer)
Was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania. Weighed almost 50 ton, took up about 1,800 square feet, and used about 18,000 vacuum tubes. -
The Transistor
The transistor was invented by Bell Telephone Company. It wasn't a computer in itself, but it was a vital computer component. -
The IBM
International Business Machines came out with their first computer machine -
Bank Cmputers
The first bank computers were invented. They used MICR or magnetic ink character recognition to read checks. -
The Computer Chip
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce invented the integrated circuit better known as the computer chip. -
Video Games
Space war games invented the first computer video games. -
The mouse was invented
Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse. He called it the mouse because the cord came out the back like a tail. -
The Internet
The first internet was called ARPANET. The original internet wasn't used very widely because not many people had access to it. -
Email
This is why Ray Tomlinson is credited with inventing email in 1972. Like many of the Internet inventors, Tomlinson worked for Bolt Beranek and Newman as an ARPANET contractor. -
GPS
During Labor Day weekend in 1973, a meeting of about twelve military officers at the Pentagon discussed the creation of a Defense Navigation Satellite System (DNSS). It was at this meeting that the real synthesis that became GPS was created. -
Motorola (First protable teleohone)
Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, his rival. -
The first personal computers
IBM and Apple were just a couple of the brands that put out the first personal computers. -
Microsoft
Bill Gates worked with Paul Allen to develop BASIC for the Altair 8800. -
First Virus
The "Elk Cloner" for the Apple II Systems was created by Richard Skrenta. It infected the Apple DOS 3.3 and spread to other computers by floppy disk transfer. The "Elk Virus" was responsible for being the first computer virus to cause a massive outbreak ever in history. -
Windows
Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985, as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). -
Microsoft Expands
Microsoft made a program that was compatible with IBM computers. This let more people come into contact with the now well-known program. -
The WWW
Tim Berners Less came up with the World Wide Web. He started a computer revolution. -
The Laptop
The first laptop computer. The Power Book 100 came out. There were other portable computers before this, but they were very clunky and expensive. -
First Smartphone
It was called the Simon Personal Communicator, and it was created by IBM more than 15 years before Apple released the iPhone. -
First World Wide Convention
the first internet convention was held. -
Minicomputers
Nokia introduced a phone that had internet capabilities. This started a revolution of devices that were small, portable computers. -
First MP3 Player
The first portable MP3 player was launched in 1997 by Saehan Information Systems, which sold its “MPMan” player in Asia in spring 1998. -
Facebook
The social media page was founded in 2004 in Cambridge, MA by Mark Zuckerberg. -
iPhone
Steve Jobs announced iPhone at the Macworld convention, receiving substantial media attention. Jobs announced that the first iPhone would be released later that year.
