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First Newspaper Published
Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien was the first newspaper and was published by a German publisher named Johann Carolus. If you asked me how to say the name of the paper to save my life I wouldn't be able to, so don't. -
First camera invented
This is the date the first camera was invented by Johann Zahn. -
First picture taken
This was the official date of the very first photograph taken, and it took a very long time time worth of exposure to develop. -
Steam Boat Willie
Steam Boat Willie was the first Disney film to be made! You can still see it today in the opening of some Disney movies, with the mouse at a boat's steering wheel. -
Pong released!
Pong was the first video game to ever be made, all though many think it to be Pac-man or Galaga. Pong revolutionized the way we use technology. -
First mobile phone
The first mobile phone which sprouted the revolution of cell phones. This phone was very big and bulky, and looked hard to carry around. -
First apple computer
The Macintosh 1 was just a big chunk of old machinery. I mean look at this thing, im surprised it wasn't too heavy for a desk. It was the first device with a floppy drive so it could hold much more information. -
Atari released
The atari was the first home console. Similarly to the X-box or Ps4. Its just a machine you can play at home. This meant you didn't have to go to the arcade to play a video game. -
First interactive lazerdisc
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Macromedia
This was the very first video editing software and was later adopted by adobe to become the famous adobe software line we know and use today. -
Intel 386 processor
This was the first computer processor openly sold to the public that was also strong enough to easily run a multimedia application. Because of this they were used in places like schools, homes, work, anywhere you could think of. -
Adobe Photoshop Released
Adobe photoshop was revolutionary and helped many people to make projects. It makes it easy and smooth to make good looking posters and flyers etc. -
World Wide Web
The world wide web is just the internet, and is obviously still used today. If you look at web links, sometimes they will say "www.---". This is the World Wide Web. -
First Social Media
The first social media to be recognized as an actual website, was Six Degrees, and for what I can tell, it was late older MySpace. You could make friends and have a little page and that's about it. This sprouted the infection that is social media today. -
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2000's recap
You already know al of what happened in the 2000's most likely, but recap anyway. Windows computers got a lot better, as did Macs. I-phones and other cellular phones got hugely popular, and game consoles both as home consoles and on the go got wildly popular as well. Basically, all technology got better and we are gradually stopping using things like newspapers.