the history of ict and computing

  • the first computer

    the first computer
    it was created by charles babbage and it was called the difference engine, it could do mathematical calculations, it looked very strange and unlike any computer today,he made it on his own and it did count as the first computer
  • the first phone call

    the first phone call
    Alexander Graham Bell is the inventor of the telephone. In 1878 he made the first phone call. Telephones have not only come a long way, but may one day be completely obsolete.
  • first coloured movie

    first coloured movie
    bbc newsmade by Bryony Dixon, it was the worlds first natural colour film, it was a silent flim. it has been kept at the the national media museum in bradford. the colour process was made by Edward Raymond Turner
  • first car stereo

    first car stereo
    wikipediathe first commercial introduction of the fitted car radio came in the 1930s from Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. the owners of the company were Paul V. Galvin and his brother Joseph E. Galvin.
  • the first cloud

    the first cloud
    The underlying concept of cloud computing dates to the 1950s, when large-scale mainframe computers were seen as the future of computing, and became available in academia and corporations, accessible via thin clients/terminal computers.
  • first super computer

    first super computer
    wikipediathe 'atlas' was made at the university of manchester. it was a joint venture between Ferranti and the manchseter university and was designed to operate at processing speeds approaching one microsecond per instruction, about a million instructions per seconds.
  • first games consloe

    first games consloe
    american historythe 'brown box' was the first ever games console, it was made by a german television engineer Ralph Baer and his his co workers designed the video-game console that works on a standard televison. it was called the 'chase game'. it was a vacuum-tube circuit that connects to a televison and allows players to control two squares chasing each other
  • the first computer mouse

    the first computer mouse
    computer hopeit was invented by Douglas Engelbart he was working at Stanford Research Institute, a think tank sponsored by Stanford University, and originally referred to the mouse as a "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System.
  • the first email

    the first email
    The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971. "The test messages were entirely forgettable. . . . Most likely the first message was QWERTYIOP or something similar," he said.
  • the first Sat Nav

    the first Sat Nav
    daily mailSteven Lobbezoo developed the first commercially available satellite navigation system for cars. it was produced in berlin from start 1984 to january 1986
  • Tomtom

    Tomtom
    wikipediait is a Dutch company known for being a global leader in navigation and mapping products, there headquarters are in amsterdam and the CEO is Harold Goddijn. the founders were Harold Goddijn, Peter-Frans Pauwels, Corinne Vigreux, Pieter Geelen.
  • the first smartphone

    the first smartphone
    The first smartphone was developed by IBM and BellSouth, which came out to the public in 1993. Althought basic compared to today’s standards “Simon” had a touch screen that was capable of accessing email and sending faxes.
  • first social networking site

    first social networking site
    history of social mediaBeverly Hills Internet (BHI) started Geocities, which allowed users to create their own websites modeled after types of urban areas. GeoCities would cross the one million member mark by 1997. There were 38 million user Web pages on GeoCities before it was shut down for United States users in 2009. Yahoo, which opened as a major Internet search engine and index in 1994, owns GeoCities today and offers it only as a web hosting service for Japan.
  • Expedia

    Expedia
    wikipediait was founded as a division of microsoft in 1996, the CEO is Dara Khosrowshahi and it's headquarters are Bellevue, WA, United States of America. the original founder was Richard Barton, it was founded Redmond, washington. it is a American-based parent company to several global online travel brands including Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, trivago, Egencia, Venere, Expedia Local Expert, Classic Vacations, Expedia CruiseShipCenters and eLong
  • netflix

    netflix
    wikipediait is an american provider of on-demand internet streaming media available to viewers in north and south America, the caribbean and parts of Europe. it was founded in Scotts Valley, California, United States the CEO was Reed Hastings, the founders were Reed Hastings, Marc Randolph.
  • wikipedia

    wikipedia
    wikipediait was launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, it is an online encyclopedia which is used all over the world, it was intended to be a encyclopedia edited only by experts, it includes over 33.5 million freely useable articles in 297 languages
  • LInked in

    LInked in
    wikipediaLinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking service. Founded in December 2002 and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. In 2006, LinkedIn increased to 20 million viewers. it was founded in sa
  • myspace

    myspace
    wikipediaMyspace is a social networking service with a strong music emphasis owned by Specific Media LLC and pop music singer and actor Justin Timberlake. Myspace was launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. the founders were Tom Anderson, Chris DeWolfe.
  • skype

    skype
    wikipediaSkype was founded in 2003 by Janus Friis from Denmark and Niklas Zennström from Sweden. The Skype software was created by the Estonians Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, and Jaan Tallinn The first public beta version was released on 29 August 2003.
  • facebook

    facebook
    wikipedia Facebook is an online social networking service headquartered in Menlo Park, California. the founders were Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Chris Hughes. and the ceo is Mark Zuckerburg
  • google maps

    google maps
    wikipedia it is a desktop and mobile web mapping service application and technology provided by Google, offering satellite imagery, street maps, and Street View perspectives. it originally only supported users of Internet Explorer and mozilla web browsers.
  • youtube

    youtube
    wikipediais was founded in San Mateo, california, united states. the ceo is Susan Wojciki and the founders were Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim. it is a video-sharing website, it was created by three former paypal employees and it has been owned by google after
  • twitter

    twitter
    wikipediaTwitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets". Registered users can read and post tweets, but unregistered users can only read them. its headquarters are in san Francisco. the CEO is Dick Costolo and the founders are Evan Williams, Noah Glass, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone
  • whatsapp

    whatsapp
    wikipedia In December 2009 WhatsApp for the iPhone was updated to send photos. By early 2011, WhatsApp was in the top 20 of all apps in the U.S. App Store. the headquarters are in california. the CEO is Jan Korum.
  • instagram

    instagram
    wikipedia it is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos. the developers are facebook, inc.
  • snapchat

    snapchat
    wikipedia it was first named picaboo and it was later reanmed and relaunched snapchat, it was started by Reggie Brown and Evan Spiegel as a project for one of spiegel's classes at stanford university, where Spiegel was a product design major. the two later brought in Bobby Murphy into the product to code the application