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100
Cave Painting
This is the oldest known form of communication dating around 30,000 BC. -
200
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs were the second step in the history of communications, estimated about 10,000 BC. They are like Cave Painting only carved. -
300
Pictograms
Pictograms were the next step in the evolution of communications, used by multiple cultures from 9000 BC. This form of communication became increasingly popular around 6000 to 5000 BC. -
350
Writing
The oldest known forms of writing were based on Pictograms, invented in about 4000 BC. -
400
Hydraulic Telegraph
I think this is a quite complex system, but it was used in the wars and invented in the 4th Century -
500
Pigeon Post
Pigeon Post started to be used in the 5th Century -
Jan 1, 600
Mail
Started using the mailing system in the 6th Century -
Jan 1, 1500
Maritime Flag Semaphores
It communicated by showing the country that the boat or ship came from. -
First Experimental Acoustic Telephone
One form of these was the tin can phone where there was two cans attached with string, the first person would talk into a can while the second person would listen trough the other. -
Semaphore Lines/Optical Telegraph
Information is encoded by the position of the mechanical elements; it is read when the shutter is in a fixed position. -
Telephone
The telephone was invented -
Radio
The radio was invented -
Television
Also known as the TV, it was invented by Philo Farnsworth and Charles Francis Jenkins -
Mobile Phones
Motorola was the fist company to ever create a handheld mobile phone. -
Apple
The company now famous for the iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Mac was founded. -
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (email)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) was invented. All our emails use this software. -
INTERNET!
Internet was created. -
Google
Google launches -
Facebook
Facebook was founded -
YouTube
YouTube was created. -
Twitter
Twitter was invented -
iPhone
Apple released the 1st Generation iPhone -
Google Plus
Google Plus was created.