1990s Technology

  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web
    Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web, and it has been probably the most influential and world changing inventions in a very long time.
  • First Web Browser

    First Web Browser
    The WorldWideWeb (not to be confused with the World Wide Web) was also created by Tim Berners-Lee for the NeXT computer. The name was later changed to Nexus to avoid confusion.
  • Text Messages

    Text Messages
    SMS was actually invented in the 1980s but the first text message was sent by a 22-year-old engineer Neil Papworth to Richard Jarvis saying "Merry Christmas"
  • Amazon

    Amazon
    Amazon was made by Jeff Bezos in his garage in 1994. It was originally used to sell books but later expanded into various types of products.
  • Sony PlayStation

    Sony PlayStation
    The PlayStation was headed by Ken Kutaragi. The PlayStation used compact discs instead of cartridges which hadn't been seen before. It was first released in Japan then later released in America in September of 1995