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Invention of the Telephone
The “Electrical Speech Machine,” was invented by Alexander Grahm Bell. -
Invention of ENIAC
The ENIAC is the first all-purpose computer. It weighed 30 tons and had more than 6,000 switches and 18,000 tubes and cabinets. -
Invention of the first video camera to record both image and sound.
The invention of Ray Dolby, Charles Ginsberg, and Charles Anderson were sold for $75,000 apiece and exclusively to large TV networks. -
Invention of first office photocopy machine
Xerox released the first office photocopying machine, the Xerox 914. -
FIrst network e-mail sent
Ray Tomlinson senda first network e-mail on ARPANET. -
FIrst commercial mobile phone released
The DynaTAC 8000x retailed for $3,995 – the equivalent of $8,772.59 current [2014] USD. -
First portable computer released
Apple released the Mac Portable, a battery-powered computer for $6,500. -
Microsoft Outlook 97 was released
This service offered a central hub that included email, scheduling, contact management, task management and a journal component. -
AOL connected its email systems to the Internet
This internet service provider allowed users to talk in real time through chat rooms and instant messaging (IM). -
Webistes become prominent sources of information
Over 22,000,000 websites existed across the World Wide Web and an estimated 360 million people were online. -
Social Media Revolution
Social media revolution was in full effect with Facebook tallying 1 billion users; Twitter – 500 million users.
