The History Of ICT

By LaurenHall10

  • The First Programmable Computer

    Charles Babbage purposed and developed the first programmable computer. The computer was capable of computing several sets of numbers and making hard copies of the results.

  • When Were Headphones Inveted

    Headphones were actually invented a lot earlier than people think although they looked nothing like they do now. they were very large had many wires and didnt really look like headphones.

  • The First Video Game

    The first video game was called tennis for two and it was invnted in 1958. It was created by a man named William Higinbotham.

  • When Was Facebook Invented

    In 2004, an angel investor, Sean Parker (founder of Napster) became the company's president. The company changed the name from TheFacebook to just Facebook after purchasing the domain name facebook.com in 2005 for $200,000.
    Mark Zuckerberg's antics finally did pay off when profits from Facebook made him the world's youngest multi-billionaire. Kudos goes to Zuckerberg for spreading the wealth around, according to the NYTimes, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $100 million dollars to the Newar

  • The Interactive Whiteboard

    The interactive whiteboard was first kind of introduced in 2004 when around 26% of schools had one.

  • The First Ever Wii

    The first ever wii was conceived in 2001 and the idea came together in 2005.

  • The First Ever Wii Game

    The first ever wii game was wii sports and it came out in 2006

  • The Third Popularist Social Networking Site

    While some social networks offer a host of services, Twitter is pared down to short, 140-character messages which can include links to content elsewhere online. It has attracted a host of celebrity users and it has been suggested the site could be worth $10 billion.

  • The Release Of The First iPhone

    the first iphone was released in the United States of America in 2007. Steve Jobs announced that all full-time Apple employees and those part-time employees that have been with the company at least one year would receive a free iPhone. Employees received their phones in July after the initial demand subsided.

  • The First iPad

    The first ipad was released in america in 2010

  • Facebook

    Facebook was founded by 2004 Mark Zuckerberg

  • Self Checkouts

    By the end of 2008 there were 92,600 self checkouts within many different stores.

  • Who Uses Facebook More

    Women use facebook more than men. 57% of women use facebook and 43% of men use facebook.