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Homing pigeons carry messages about the Olympics for Ancient Greeks.
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Johann Gutenberg invents a printing press using movable metal type
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Early newspapers are published in Germany.
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Ada Byron, a mathematician, writes the world’s first computer program for a computing machine designed by Charles Babbage, but never built.
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– Samuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and long beeps, called “dots” and “dashes”.
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First successful transmissions over a transatlantic cable
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, transmitting the sound of the voice clearly over electrical wires.
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Thomas Edison invents the phonograph, a device to record sound on a wax cylinder.
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First long distance phone calls are made
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Pictures are first transmitted over telephone lines
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First communications satellite is launched, allowing worldwide live broadcast of the 1964 Olympics.
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The Internet is invented by the U.S. government as a means of military communication.
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The first E-mail messages are sent
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The personal computer, both small and powerful, is invented
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The first emoticon is used in an E-mail message
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The first cell phones are available for sale
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Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web
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Marc Anderson creates the first browser program, allowing people to navigate the Web.
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Chinese make paper from rags
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Chinese develop postal system to deliver written messages
