Technology Timeline

  • Floppy Disk

    Floppy Disk
    First floppy disk made by Alan Shugart was in 1970. In 1978 it was 5 1/4 inches. It was able to hold documents.
  • Word Processor

    Word Processor
    The First Word Processor was invited in 1972 by Christopher Latham Sholes, with the assistance of two colleagues.
  • Windows Program by Mircosoft

    Windows Program by Mircosoft
    The first program by Windows program by Microsoft was Windows 1.0. It included a calculator, calendar, cardfile, clipboard viewer, clock, control panel, notepad, paint, reveri, terminal, and write.
  • First Laptop

    First Laptop
    The first laptop was called the Osborne 1. It was the first successful portable laptop made. It was released on April 3rd, 1981. It was able to hold 64 kilobytes in main memory.
  • First Macintosh

    First Macintosh
    The first Apple Macintosh moodle was M0001. It was a 9 inch monochrome screen. Apple Macintosh is a very large computer company. It has been very successful.
  • First Cell Phone

    First Cell Phone
    The first cell phone was created in 1989. It was created for business people to be able to get in contact with. It was called Motorola MicroTAC 9800X. The had “mobile devices” before but they were just for cars.
  • The Internet

    The Internet
    The internet is used a lot. It was created in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s for business uses. The internet was released for the public in the 1990’s.
  • The DVD Player

    The DVD Player
    The first DVD player was invented in 1995. The DVD player was a lot faster than VHS players. DVD’s are also able to keep a lot more information on them then VHS’s.
  • First Apple Ipod

    First Apple Ipod
    The Ipod by Apple was created so people could listen to music wherever they wanted to. It was able to keep 1,000 songs on it. Apple has been very successful with the Ipod. They have made many generations and more to come.
  • Video Conferencing

    Video Conferencing
    Video Conferencing was created in the 70’s for AT&T and NASA. But the Video Conferencing in high defination was created in 2005 for the public. It was created by LifeSive Communications.