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In 1954 Bell Telephone Company used the first ever solar battery
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In 1956 the solared powered wristwatch was invented
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The first computer video game Spacewar was invented
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Touch-Tone telephones introduced.
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Microwave ovens became commercially available
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The Sony walkman was built in 1978 by audio-division engineer Nobutoshi Kihara.
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Nintendo became widely known
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video game system by the name of Atari with classic games like pong and frogger
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Microsoft introduces Windows 95 and later Windows 98 to the market, which gain immediate popularity.
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E-mail becomes popular; as a result Microsoft acquires the popular Hotmail.com webmail service
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Flash technology reached the point of being able to make video players. As a result, YouTube, a website which allows uploading and viewing videos, was created. YouTube's popularity grew explosively and it was acquired by Google.
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Wireless networks became ever more commonplace in homes, education institutes and urban public spaces.