Technology Through Time

  • Silicon chip

    Silicon chip
    The first integrated circuit, or silicon chip, is produced by the US Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
  • Computer mouse

    Computer mouse
    Invented by Douglas Engelbart
  • E-mail

    E-mail
    Invented by Ray Tomlinson
  • Ethernet invented

    Ethernet invented
    By Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs
  • Personal computer

    Personal computer
    Invented by Xerox PARC
  • First portable computer.

    First portable computer.
    Adam Osborne created The Osborne I, which weighed 24 pounds and cost $1,795.
  • The Macintosh

    The Macintosh
    Apple Computer launched, the first successful mouse-driven computer with a graphic user interface, with a single $1.5 million commercial during the 1984 Super Bowl.
  • Pixar´s "Tin Toy"

    Pixar´s "Tin Toy"
    The first computer-animated film to win an Academy Award, taking the Oscar for best animated short film
  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web
    Invented by Tim Berners-Lee
  • Java is introduced.

    Java is introduced.
  • The domain ebay.com comes online.

    The domain ebay.com comes online.
  • The domain facebook.com comes online

    The domain facebook.com comes online
    The domain facebook.com comes online March 28, 1997.
  • Google.com domain name is registered.

    Google.com domain name is registered.
  • RIM releases the Backberry

    RIM releases the Backberry
  • The domain twitter.com comes online

    The domain twitter.com comes online
  • Wikipedia is founded

    Wikipedia is founded
  • Apple opens the iTunes store

    Apple opens the iTunes store
  • YouTube is founded and comes online

    YouTube is founded and comes online
    YouTube is founded and comes online February 15, 2005.
  • iPhone

    iPhone
    Apple introduces the iPhone to the public at the January 9, 2007 Macworld Conference & Expo.
  • The Hulu website is released to the Public

    The Hulu website is released to the Public
    The Hulu website is released to the Public March 8, 2008.
  • Apple introduces the iPad

    Apple introduces the iPad
  • Planet Calypso

    A virtual planet in the game Entropia becomes the most valuable virtual item selling for $635,000.00 USD November 12, 2010.