Grace Allaman Technology Timeline

Internet

Jul 3, 1962

A primitive version of the inernet is invented for the US department of defense.

E-mail

Jul 3, 1972

Ray Tomlinson creates a way for electronic mail to be sent.

Cell Phone

Apr 3, 1973

Motorolla engineer Martin Cooper creates the first truely portable cell phone.

Portable Computer

Aug 3, 1981

The first "portable" computer is introduced... a 24 lb suitcase-sized device.

Windows 1.0

Nov 20, 1985

Microsoft inroduces the first Windows, allowing PC users to simply move and click a mouse to input commands instead of typing them.

World Wide Web

Jul 3, 1989

Tim Berners-Lee created HTML and HTTP and is credited with creating the World Wide Web.

MS Office

Nov 19, 1990

Microsoft launches Microsoft Office, which includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Each app has its own file extension. For example, Word 2010 uses Docx. and Excel uses Xlsx.

Palm Pilot

Jul 9, 1992

Jeff Hawkins invents the Palm Pilot.

Smartphone

Jul 9, 1992

The first smartphone is introduced by IBM. It includes a calander, address book, calculator, email service, as well as a touch screen; however, it costs $899.

SMS Texting Capability

Dec 9, 1992

The first text message was sent from a personal computer to a cell phone in Great Britain

Yahoo!

Jan 18, 1995

The domain yahoo.com was officialy created and quickly became a very popular search engine.

Internet Explorer

Aug 16, 1995

Microsoft introduced Internet explorer, a widely used and popular web browser.

Salesforce Buisness Apps

Jul 5, 1999

Salesforce introduces buisness apps over the internet.

Public GPS

Jul 11, 2000

Before 2000, the US government purposely degraded GPS signals to the public for security reasons. Now the obstacle was lifted and GPS became more accurate and widely used. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.

Texting in the US

Oct 11, 2000

Although texting was already possible in Europe, it wasn't until 2000 that AT&T made it possible to text in the US. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.

Wikipedia

Jan 15, 2001

Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, provided a mountain of easily accessable information. This is also one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.

Apple iPod

Oct 23, 2001

Apple released its first portable music playing device. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.

Camera Phones

Jul 11, 2002

The first camera phones were introduced in the North American market and became extremely popular. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.

Safari

Jan 7, 2003

Apple released Safari, its own web browser, to the public. This is now the standard iOS web browser for all mobile Apple devices.

Hybrid Car

Jul 11, 2003

Toyota introduces the first gas-electric car. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.

Facebook

Jul 11, 2004

College Student Mark Zuckerburg created Facebook as a social networking site for college students. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life as well as a great example of web 2.0 and cloud computing.

Google

Aug 19, 2004

Google, Inc. became open to the public after being a private company since 1998.

Youtube

Jul 11, 2005

This popular and innovative video-sharing website is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life and an example of web 2.0 and cloud computing.

Amazon EC2

Jul 5, 2006

Amazon.com created a way for buisnesses to rent computers to run their apps- the first widely accessible cloud computing service.

Wii

Jul 11, 2006

Nintendo invented the Wii and changed the way video games are played. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.

iPhone

Jul 9, 2007

The first iPhone is introduced by Apple. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.

Android

Jul 17, 2007

The Android Mobile Operating System is unveiled and is used on most non-Apple smartphones.

Apple iOS

Mar 6, 2008

Apple's iOS operating system is officially recognized. This system is now in use for iPods, iPhones, and iPads.

App Store

Jul 17, 2008

In 2008, Apple launched the App Store to accompany the iPhone.

Google Play

Aug 28, 2008

The Android Market, later renamed Google Play, is launched.

Google Chrome

Dec 11, 2008

Google's web browser is introduced to the public.

Bing

Jun 1, 2009

Bing, Microsoft's search engine, was released to the public.

Google Apps

Jul 5, 2009

Google introduces Google Apps, which enables consumers to store large amounts of information such as emails, documents, and presentaions in the cloud. This is a perfect example of cloud computing.