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First communications satellite is launched
The Syncom 3 broadcasted the 1964 Olympic Games from Tokyo, Japan, to the United States and is the first major sporting event broadcasted by the first geostationary communications satellite. -
The microprocessor chip was invented by Intel
called the Intel® 4004 microprocessor. It was produced on two inch wafers compared to modern 12 inch wafers. The Intel 4004 was one of the smallest microprocessors that had ever gone into production. -
Marty Cooper invents the mobile phone
Marty Cooper leading the team in 1972-1973 built the first mobile cellphone. He made the first cellphone call ever to his rival Dr. Joel S Engel of Bell Labs. -
Ethernet was created by Robert Metcalfe and his team
Robert Metcalfe was asked to create a local-area network (LAN) the network had to connect hundreds of computers. It was going to be used to connect and use the worlds first laser printer, his creation ended up being now what we know as Ethernet. -
Paul Allen and Bill Gates found Microsoft
Microsoft started out in a small garage in New Mexico. Microsoft quickly struck deals for microprocessors and software. Now the company is worth over 1 trillion. It now produces computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and other tech related services. -
Apple is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne
Apple was founded with the intention of selling Wosniak's hand-built PC named Apple I. Apple is now since the most popular phone brand alongside Samsung. it now produces smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearable accsesories, and related tech services. -
Robert Khan and Vincent Cerf invent the internet
Robert Kahn and Vincent Cerf designed the architecture of the internet. As well as the procedures that allow desktops and PCs to share the internet. These two received the U.S National Medal of Technology from President Bill Clinton. -
IBM released the IBM PC
Created by a team of engineers and designers lead by Don Estridge. known as the IBM Model 5150 and based on a Intel 8088 microprocessor. It used a Microsoft operating system, the IBM was also the first PC to gain widespread adoption. -
Tim Berners-Lee invents the world wide web
Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist. Tim noticed scientists were having difficulty sharing information. He noticed they could share information by using a new technology called hypertext. Tim laid out his vision and his initial proposal was not immediately accepted, eventually he created the first webpage. -
IBM creates the first smart phone
The IBM Simon Personal Communicator (SPC) is the first phone refered to as the first true smartphone.it was distrubuted in the United States selling 50,000 IBM smartphones. while big and not very sleek the SPC had a touch screen and was able to send and receive emails. -
PlayStation was introduced
The First PlayStation was released the PS1 a home video game console and on release costed US$299. developed and released by Sony Computer Entertainment first in Japan 1994, and in North America 1995. PlayStation is now if not one of the most popular home video game console company's, -
Netflix launched
Netflix is an American subscription streaming service and production company. The streming service offered a library of films and TV shows. Netflix now is a very sucessful streaming service that inspired many others, and is still one of the most popular streaming service companys. it first started as a video business, then started DVD rentals by mail, and finally a subscription model. -
PayPal was founded
PayPal was originally established by Peter Thiel, Luke Nosek and Max Levchin. In December 1998 as a company called Confinity the company developed security software for hand held devices. The idea had no sucess and later switched to a digital wallet. In 2000 Confinity merged with Elon Musks x.com financial services company. Elon focused on PayPal as Ceo but was later replaced by Peter Thiel. -
Google is founded
Larry Page and Sergey Brin created google from their dorm rooms. they built a searhc engine that used links on the World Wide Web originally named backrub later changed to Google. Over the next few years Google caught attention, they upgraded to a garage. The company continued to grow to be the biggest web browser ever. -
SpaceX is founded
Founded by Elon Musk the purpose of SpaceX was reducing space transportation costs. SpaceX also was founded to revolutionize aerospace technology and spaceflight. It was a success and now is one of the biggest aerospace companies in recent years. It has also acheived many of its goals and is setting its sights on Mars for 2024. -
Tesla is founded
in total there is 5 founders of Tesla two of the main founders being Elon Musk now Ceo and JB Straubel. The purpose of Tesla was that electric vehicles can be better, and quicker. In 2008 Tesla released its first all electric sedan the Model S which is one of the best cars in its class.On top of fully electric vehicles they also have some of the best technology when it comes to autonomous driving. Now they also work clean energy generation safe factories and Gigafactories. -
Youtube is created
Founded by Jawed Karim, Steve Chen , and Chad Hurley all former PayPal employees in 2005. They wanted to share a video online but could not find a video sharing site thats when it sparked the idea. It was later sold to Google in 2006 and has since became the most popular online video sharing platform. -
The first Iphone is released
Apple CEO Steve Jobs reveals the Iphone 2G a touchscreen mobile phone, with a camera and web browsing features. Apple is now one of the biggest smartphone comapanies and continues to improve its technology, -
Instagram was released
Founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in 2010 Instagram quickly gained popularity. It all started with Systroms love for whiskey and bourben and was prototyped as Burbn. The app allowed users to post photos, check in, and post plans. this app prototype evolved into what is now the very well known and successful Instagram. -
5G is developed by 3GPP
3GPP is a term for a number of standard organizations, That develope protocals for telecommunications and maintains these telecommuunications. 5G initially released and tested in certain parts of the world in 2016. Now in 2022 5G internet has been fully released in most parts of the world and is significantly faster than 4G.
