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Invention of typewriter
Invented by Thomas A. Edison. It was electrically operated. -
First color movie shot
Movie was called The Gulf Between. -
Rise of FM radio
Became fastest growing segment of the broadcast business in the u.s -
Email was developed
Ray Tomlinson invented email and the use of the @ sign. -
First handheld mobile phone
Also known as the “shoe” phone. Created by John Mitchell and Martin cooper. -
Microsoft Internet explorer launched
Invented by Microsoft corporation -
Facebook
Began at Harvard university in 2003 as facesmash. It was used to let students judge the attractiveness of fellow students. -
YouTube
Created by chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karin. Was originally supposed to be an online dating website. -
Twitter
Created by Jack Dorsey, Noah glass, Biz stone, and Evan Williams in March and launched in July. -
Instagram
Developed in San Francisco by Kevin Systrom and Nick Krieger. The app was already like many social media apps so they decided to focus mainly on communicating through images.