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