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Walkman
The original Walkman, released in 1980, was a portable cassette player that changed listening habits by allowing people to listen to music of their choice on the move. It was devised by Sony founders Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita, who felt Sony's existing portable player was too unwieldy and expensive. -
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IBM Personal Computer
The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150 and was introduced on August 12, 1981. It was created by a team of engineers and designers under the direction of Philip Don Estridge of the IBM Entry Systems Division in Boca Raton, Florida. -
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word (or simply Word) is a word processor developed by Microsoft(developed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie) hired by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1981 It was first released on October 25, 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems -
Apple Macintosh
The Macintosh (mainly branded simply as Mac since 1998) is a family of personal computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Inc. since January 1984. The original Macintosh was the first mass-market personal computer that featured a graphical user interface, built-in screen and mouse. -
Game Boy
The Game Boy is an 8-bit handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. The first handheld in the Game Boy family, it was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989, then North America, three months later, and lastly in Europe, nearly a year after.
