History Of Internet

Deployment of DSL

1998

This gave access to "high speed" internet to every home.

First consumer item to use Bluetooth technology

May 15, 2000

Bluetooth technology allows us to use things such as screen mirroring, or sound projection into larger speakers.

First Apple iPod released

Oct 23, 2001

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/05/the-music-lives-on/#:~:text=The%20original%20iPod%2C%20introduced%20on,a%20stunning%206.5%2Dounce%20package.

First commercial Blu-Ray players released

2006

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-consumer-electronics-hall-of-fame-samsung-bdp1000

First LG Smart TV released

2007

Things such as smart TVs allows us to stream straight from the internet, and to also let us screen mirror from out computers to the TV.

First Apple Iphone

Jun 29, 2007

https://www.seamgen.com/blog/iphone-history-original-iphone-to-current-iphone#:~:text=The%20original%20iPhone%20was%20announced,phones%20that%20came%20before%20it%3F

First use of Personal Hotspot (Apple)

2011

This event is larger than what people think. In rural areas where school/county wifi is not as reliable, but where there is good cell service, this allows instruction to go on uninterrupted.