Timeline: Tech Topics

Apr 3, 1973

First cell Phone

Motorola engineer, Martin Cooper, credited as the inventor of the cellphone. He made the world's first public call from a mobile phone, choosing to get in touch with his rival in the race to create the device.

Apr 3, 1984

First commercial cellphone

U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved Motorola's DynaTAC phone for public use. The handheld device weighed 0.8 kilograms and its rechargeable battery was reported to last about eight hours.

Jul 3, 1989

World Wide Web Created

Tim created HTTP and HTML.

Jul 3, 1991

T-3 Network Map

The net’s dramatic growth continues with NSF lifting any restrictions on commercial use.

Nov 23, 1992

The original smartphone

Bellsouth and IBM announced their creation of the Simon personal communicator phone, touted as the world's first smartphone. Simon was designed to be a cellphone first and a computer second, according to the product's media release.

Jul 18, 1999

OSX

Apple Mac Operating System- Installed on Apple’s Mac Computers

Jul 9, 2002

Cellphone cameras

The first phones with built-in cameras became publicly available, including the Nokia 7650 and the Sanyo SPC-5300.

Jul 12, 2003

BlackBerry's first integrated phone

The Waterloo, Ont.-based smartphone giant, formerly called Research in Motion, unveiled its first integrated phone in 2003. Part of BlackBerry's Quark series, the BlackBerry 6210 was the company's first device to offer: Email.
Texting.
A web browser.
BlackBerry Messenger service, allowing for web-based communication between BlackBerry users.

Jan 1, 2004

Web 2.0

Used to refer to a new generation of websites that are supposed to let people collaborate and share information online in ways that were not possible before. Basically, a social media website.

Feb 4, 2004

Facebook

Early example of a 2.0 website

Jul 8, 2004

Web 2.0 tools

Web 2.0 technologies are changing the way messages spread across the Web. A number of online tools and platforms are now defining how people share their perspectives, opinions, thoughts and experiences. Web 2.0 tools such as weblogs, RSS, video casting, social bookmarking, social networking, podcasts and picture sharing sites are becoming more and more popular. One major advantage of Web 2.0 tools is that the majority of them are free. There are a large number of Web 2.0 tools, some of the mo

Jun 29, 2007

iOS

Apple Mobile Operating System – Installed on Apple’s “i” mobile devices like ipod, iphone, ipad

Jul 22, 2009

Windows7

Made by Microsoft, installed on PCs made by different manufacturers.

Oct 10, 2010

Android

Google Mobile Operating System Installed on mobile devices made by many different manufacturers.

Jul 18, 2013

Applications

Program installed in the operating system or a browser (chrome) that solves a problem, completes training, entertainment, productivity or performs a certain task.