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One of the earliest forms of newspapers is created in England. Newspapers are probably one of the oldest forms of multimedia.
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The first Radio transmission is sent in Italy. Radio is now a major form of audio broadcasting
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The first electronic television is invented
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The vocoder is invented. It is basically used to make sounds from the characteristics of a vocal sample.
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Pong, the first commercial video game, is released
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DynaTAC, the first commercially available cell phone, is released.
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The internet is invented
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Photoshop is released.
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Protools is released. This was one of the first digital audio workstations to be released. This is relevant because audio is part of multimedia
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HTML was invented. HTML is used to created websites, a common form of multimedia.
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Internet goes interactive, meaning it now includes shopping, banking, live concerts, radio broadcasting, spamming, and many other features.
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Internet Explorer, an early major internet browser, is released
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The first social media site, Six Degrees, is created.
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The first version of iMovie is released
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Facebook, a very popular social media site, is released
