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Samuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and long beeps, called “dots” and “dashes” -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, transmitting the sound of the voice clearly over electrical wires -
The very first few homes get television to watch broadcasted programs -
The first functioning programming languages are introduced. Their purpose was to communicate with computers. -
The first credit card (Diners Club) appears in the US. It was followed by cards like American Express. -
First communications satellite is launched, allowing worldwide live broadcast of 1964 Olympics -
The first electronic push-button phone is released. It took until the 1980s for these phones to completely replace rotary-dial phones. -
Robert Kahn and Vincent Cerf invent the Internet, funded by the US Defense Department -
First email messages are sent -
Paul Allen and Bill Gates found Microsoft, dominating the software industry -
The personal computer, both small and powerful, is created -
The first digital camera is created although they didn’t become widely available until 1995 -
Apple Company is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne -
GPS is made available to the public. -
First cellphones are available for sale -
Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web -
Google company is formed, dominating the Web -
YouTube is created, dominating the video web field -
Instagram is released. Its primary focus to share videos and pictures taken on mobile devices -
The first modern digital assistant, Siri, was released on Apple products. It aimed to do simple tasks like texting and making phone calls. Was followed by systems such as Alexa and Echo.