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Silent movies were massively popular in the 1920s. Every movie shown was a silent movie. They were a way to escape life and enjoy a movie in a luxurious theatre and socialize with others. Great actors like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton were involved in some of the best movies of this era and are considered the greats of this era. -
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the first mass-market car radio was manufactured by the Galvin Manufacturing Corparation. They could initially only receive AM radio, but later on, ended up getting FM as well. The first model cost $130 and took up nearly 10 liters of space. It was controlled remotely because it could not be stored near the driver. -
John Logie Board invented and presented the first coloured television. the first NTSC meeting produced a single standard for US broadcasting. Colour TV didn't become mainstream until post WW2 and the 1950s -
The first Video Cassette Recorder was introduced by Amex was the VRX-1000. It used 2-inch tapes and was $50,000 when it was first introduced, so only television networks could afford them. -
The first cassette tapes were developed by Phillips in Hasselt, Belgium, by Lou Ottens and his team. They were sold in two ways, a prerecorded cassette or a fully blank cassette. It was not popular and commercially successful until the 1970s though. -
The launch of the video game industry started with the display of the arcade games "Galaxy game", then the first released Arcade game "Computer Space". These were followed by the release f the immense;y popular arcade game "Pong". The first home console Magnavox Odyssey was released around the same time as pong. The popular Atari 2600 wouldn't be released until 1977. -
In the early 80s, the National Science Foundation funded national supercomputing centers at several universities with NSFNET to provide interconnectivity. This created a network of supercomputers used for research and academic organizations. The emergence of the domain name system and the adoption of TCP/IP internationally on existing networks marked the beginning of the internet. -
The first text message was successfully sent by Neil Papworth. Since mobile phones didn't have keyboards it was written on a computer and sent to Richard Jarvis. The message was "Merry Christmas."Not until 1997 was the first mobile phone with a keyboard made, it was the Nokia 9000i communicator. -
The social media site was launched by Mark Zuckerburg and his fellow college roommates. It was originally launched to connect students around the university. by 2005 it had expanded to many universities across the world. It would go on to expand to high schools and businesses and become what we know today. -
When first launched in America Spotify offered an ad-supported 6-month free trial, in which users could stream an unlimited amount of music. Once the trial ended users could purchase a paid subscription. Over the years users have steadily grown.