The history of Computing

By Calum_Mulholland

  • First railway was invented

  • First camera was invented

  • The first mechanical computer was invented

  • First ever T.V. for sale

  • First computer was invented

  • First mouse was invented

    The mouse was invented to make it easyer to navigate around your P.C. it was also a start of making easyer flying.

  • First e-mail was sent

  • First touchscreen device was invented

  • The internet was invented

  • First ever video game console invented

    called Magnavox Odyssey

  • First ever laptop

  • first ever hand held console was realeased

  • First Sat-Nav was made

    The Sat-Nav or GPS is an automated navigation system that allows the user to say where they want to go and the Sat-Nav plots the quickest route

  • First Mac was made

  • First online booking

    American airways was the first airline to have an online ticket booking service.Instead of queing for ages you can just book your flight online, often it is alto cheaper

  • first smart phone was released

  • first ever PlayStation was realeased

  • Ebay was made

    Ebay along with amazon is a world wide sellig market.anyone in the world can access it. Anyone can sell anything, you put a buy now price and people can bid

  • Netflix

    Netflix is a digital movie website that allows people to watch films from there own house. It is possibly the worlds most used film watcher apart from a cinema

  • First ever Xbox was realeases in America

  • Skype was invented

  • Skype

    Skype is a video messanger. It is a way of contacting someone instead of texting or phoning someone you can see each other and show them things

  • Facebook was invented

    Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook and it is now the most used social network site in the world. In 2004 Peter Thiel made a $500,000 investment into Facebook

  • Youtube was invented

    You tube is a video sharing website.When it wsa first made it was an indepentant company, however google bought it and is now one of the most used websites a day

  • Twitter was invented

    Twitter is a social network site used daily by thousands of people a day.Instead of posting something you "Tweat" it a tweat is limeted to 140 Characters.

  • First Ipad invented

  • snapchat

    snapchat is an instant messager although you dont send messages you take a picture and add a caption

  • Next generation games consols

    The next generation of games consols might not even have a physical consol, you could buy a controller and download the needed softwhere onto your t.v.