Computer + Related Technology Timeline By Spizy 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, transmitting the sound of the voice clearly over electrical wires 1920 Commercial radio broadcasting becomes an important mass medium for entertainment and news 1927 : The very first few homes get television to watch broadcasted programs 1952 IBM technology company is formed and makes their first computer, the 701 1971 The microprocessor is invented by Intel 1971 First email messages are sent 1975 Paul Allen and Bill Gates found Microsoft, dominating the software industry 1976 Apple Company is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne 1981 IBM released the IBM PC (an affordable personal computer) 1984 First cellphones are available for sale 1994 IBM creates the first smart phone 1994 Amazon was created, and originally allowed people to buy books online. 1998 Paypal is created, dominating the ecommerce field. 2004 Facebook was created. I allowed people to communicate across the world and allowed social networking 2005 Youtube is created, dominating the video web field. 2006 Spotify was created and then dominated the music streaming industry. 2007 The iPhone was created by apple, It had many new features that would pave the way for many new iPhone. 2008 Tesla created their first electric car, the tesla roadster, revolutionizing the world of electric cars. 2017 Fortnite battle royale was made this game completely changed the world of gaming. 2018 The first RTX graphics card was created and allowed people to play games in a new way. It was the first card to implement ray tracing in games.
