Developments in information and communication technologies

By SamuelRashed08

  • Computer

    1. The first electronic computer weighed more than 27 tons and took up 1800 square feet.
    2. Charles Babbage invented the computer.

  • Radio

    1. 1921 The USA has 8 commercial radio stations.
    2. The first public radio broadcasts were done at the top of the Eiffel Tower by radio scientists.

  • Television

    1. First American television station started working in 1928, and BBC transmission began in 1930.
    2. 1927 AT&T Labs transmits live television.

  • The Email

    1. Raymond Samuel Tomlinson invented the first email
    2. The first email was sent in 1971

  • The Internet

    1. Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn created the internet.
    2. The internet was invented as a Military Project.
    3. Internet is short for Internetwork.

  • Personal Computer

    1. It was designed and invented by John Blankenbaker of Kenbak Corporation.
    2. Up to that time computers had been very large.

  • Laptop

    1. It was invented by Adam Osborne.
    2. The first laptop weighed ~25 pounds, had a 5-inch screen, and cost $1,800.

  • Mobile Phones

    1. Martin Cooper invented the first moblie phone.
    2. The first call from a mobile phone was made on April 3, 1973.

  • Smart Phone

    1. The first smart phone was call Simon Personal Communicator.
    2. It was made by a company called IBM.

  • Pay TV

    1. Galaxy was the first pay tv provider to launch in Sydney.
    2. After its launch in 1995 the pay TV industry went through three very turbulent years, when it lost over $3 billion.

  • Google

    1. Larry Page invented Google.
    2. Google was originally named BackRub.
    3. Google's first office was a rented garage.

  • Myspace

    1. Thomas Anderson invented myspace.
    2. He sold it in 2005 for $580 Million.

  • Skype

    1. Skype was created by Niklas Zennström, Janus Friis, and four Estonian developers.
    2. In September 2005, eBay acquired Skype.

  • Facebook

    1. Mark Zuckerberg invented facebook in 2004.
    2. Mark Zukerbery was 19 when he released facbook.

  • YouTube

    1. Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim created YouTube.
    2. Jawed Karim was the first youtuber ever.

  • Twitter

    1. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams.
    2. Twitter was created on a playground.

  • Instagram

    1. Kevin Systrom invented Instagram.
    2. Kevin Systrom was also the first user of Instagram.

  • Snapchat

    1. Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown, and Bobby Murphy founded Snapchat.
    2. Snapchat was created so that people could send photos that disappear after a certain amount of time.

  • TikTok

    1. Zhang Yiming founded TikTok.
    2. Musical.ly was acquired by ByteDance in November 2017, which absorbed Musical.ly into its own TikTok app.