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IMB PC is Released
IBM and its head engineer Don Estridge leads a group that creates the first microcomputer to be released in the IBM product line. This computer would go on to have a huge influence on all future computer design and the business world. -
CD's Replace Cassette as main audio medium
CD's would replace cassettes as the main audio medium for listening to music. The credited inventor is James Russell in collaboration with Philips and Sony. This made storing large libraries of music much easier. -
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X Becomes First Commercially Available Cell
Motorola releases the first commercially available cellular handheld phone. It cost nearly $4,000 in 1984, but cell phones would go on to change the world. -
Apple Releases Graphical User Interface Macintosh
Apple releases the first ever personal home computer to use a graphical user interface, The Apple Macintosh. This finally made computers available to the masses, and without needing special training to use. Computers have enhanced our lives in almost all aspects of our daily lives. -
The Internet is Invented
While working with CERN in Switzerland, a British scientist named Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web as we know it and changes the world forever. Shortly after he would go on to create the http protocols and html markup language that is still used to create web pages today.
