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Generations Technology Usage

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  • Rotary Dial Phone released

    Rotary Dial Phone released
  • Period: to

    Silent Generation

  • Period: to

    Baby Boomer Generation

  • First Touch Tone phone released

    First Touch Tone phone released
    First "button" phone released
  • Period: to

    Generation X

  • ARPA Net

    ARPA Net
    ARPA net goes online connecting four major U.S. universities

  • First email

    First email
    Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a Cambridge, MA computer scientist using the @ sign

  • Apple 2 released

    Apple 2 released
    Apple releases the Apple 2

  • First Cell Phone

    First Cell Phone
    First cell phone network in Japan
  • Period: to

    Millenials

  • Internet

    Internet
    The term Internet is used for the first time

  • First Internet WORM

    First Internet WORM
    The first Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers.

  • First SMS Text

    First SMS Text

  • First Dial Up

    First Dial Up
    First dial up internet connection
  • Period: to

    Generation @

  • VOIP developed

    VOIP developed
    Voice over IP (Internet phone)

  • Skype founded

    Skype founded

  • YouTube Launched

    YouTube Launched

  • iPhone released

    iPhone released

  • iPad 1 Released

    iPad 1 Released

  • Most teens have cell phones

    Most teens have cell phones
    2009 survey showed between 58% of 12 year olds owned their own cell phone and 83% of 17 year olds owned a cell phone