History of ICT

By amyprice10

  • First computor

    first programmable computor was invented, By Charles Babbage

  • First video game was created

    Before the era of electronic digital gaming, people waited in line to play video games at roller skating rinks, arcades and other gaming hangouts. Tennis for two was first introduced on 18th October 1958 at one of the labs annual visitors days. The tennis for two games was played by two separate controllers that connected to an analogue computer. But yet it is still debateable

  • Internet Invented

    This is the time when the internet was first created. And the communication was between Leonard Kleinrock;'s research center at University of California at Los Angeles, and Douglas Engelbart's center at the Stanford Research Institute.

  • First email sent

    The first ever email sent was by Ray Tomlinson. It was sent from his computor to the one right next to it.

  • First Mobile phone was invented

    The first hand-held mobile phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Dr Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973, using a handset weighing around 2.2 pounds (1 kg).

  • First Digital camera was invented

    The first digital camera was built in 1975 by Steven Sasson, who was an engineer at Eastman Kodak. The camera recorded black and white images to a cassette tape, had a resolution of just 0.01 megapixels and took about 23 seconds to capture an image.

  • First Laptop was invented

    The laptop was invented by Adam Osborne. It was called 'Osborne 1' and cost $1,795. It came bundled with $1,500 worth of programmes. It had a tiny computer screen built into it. It was invented by Osborne Computers.

  • first website published

    The first ever website was published on August 6, 1991

  • Facebook was first launched

    this is when the very popular social networking site was invented. it was invented by a man name Mark Zuckerburg. At the time he was a Harvard university student. There has been a film created about the making and difficulties through the process of Facebook, It is called 'The Social Network'.

  • YouTube first created

    YouTube is the first broadcasting video website created on the internet.

  • Tumblr was created

    Tumblr was created aroound this point when there was a two week gap between companies.

  • Twitter was created

    Twitter was created by a man called Jack Dorsey. It is social networking and microblogging site where users can send 'tweets' (messages) on the stream and on their follower's stream of upto 140 characters.

  • Twitter was launched

    the popular 'Twiiter' was created. where celebrities and the public connect with each other by sending out tweets and pictures. people can follow other people accounts and can have a number of followers themselves. The user with the most followers is Justin Bieber with 37.6 million followers and Lady GaGa following close behind with 36.1 million followers.

  • the Nintendo WII was invented

    The Wii /ˈwiː/ is a home video game console released by Nintendo.

  • Tumblr was first launched

    This was when Tumblr was first launched publicly for people around the world to sign up!

  • BBC Iplayer released

    BBC iPlayer, commonly shortened to iPlayer, is an internet television and radio service and software application, developed by the BBC to extend its former RealPlayer-based and other streamed video clip content to include whole TV shows.

  • the smelly phone

    The DoCoMo mobile "smelly phone" is the SO703i from Sony Ericsson, which uses scented sheets that produce an aroma when the device is opened.
    The operator said the scent sheets are designed to relax users during a phone call, according to Reuters. The clamshell will be available from next month.

  • ITVplayer

    Where you can stream videos online, or any tablet/ipod/phone online. TV Shows from the popular television channel ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV

  • the 3ds was first launched

    The Nintendo 3DS (abbreviated to 3DS) is a portable game console produced by Nintendo. It is an autostereoscopic device capable of projecting stereoscopic 3D effects without the use of 3D glasses or additional accessories.

  • Holograms on phones

    In five years, cell phones will be able to produce holograms of friends and colleagues talking and moving in real time