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Floppy Disk is Introduced
IBM first introduces the first floppy disk, or "memory disk." Thus, making it easier to store and save information in a more portable way. -
Pong is Released
The first commercially successful video game, as we now know them, was created by the American game manufacturer Atari Inc. It's level of success would end up helping launch the video game industry. -
Invention of the First Mobile Cell Phone
Motorola employee and engineer, Martin Cooper, made the first call from his prototype for a cellular phone on April 3rd. It weighed about 2.4 lbs, but it is the bases for what would eventually become a necessity for every day life with the modern day phone. -
The Word "Meme" is Coined
The term we all use today to refer to “an internet in-joke” was first coined by Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene. It was an attempt at explaining how ideas replicate, mutate, and evolve. This would eventually lead to the concept of an "internet meme" later proposed in 1993 by Mike Godwin. -
Sony's Portable Cassette Player
Though cassette players had been around since 1963, Sony made important improvements to the portable music player tech. It was more portable and had higher quality sound. A perfectly put together self-contained music system that would foreshadow the future of Mp3 players or even the all-in-one quality of most modern phones.
