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Charles Babbage created the first mechanical computer.
He also invented the 'difference engine"
http://www.computerhope.com/people/charles_babbage.htm
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The first computer game was introduced!
It was called "Pong" and it was created by Al Alcorn.
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First laptop was released!
It was called the Osborne 1 Mobile Computer, created by Adam Osborne.
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Tetris was first released
Alexey Pajitnov was the creator of Tetris.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris
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Netflix was founded
Founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. The business expanded in 2007.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix -
Google was founded!
it was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google -
Wifi was introduced
It was created by the Wifi Alliance, to give us wireless networking.
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Facebook was released
Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum,Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook -
Youtube was introduced!
It was invented by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim in their garage.
http://inventors.about.com/od/xyzstartinventions/a/YouTube.htm -
Twitter was created
Created by jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams and was up and running in July!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
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First Iphone was released!
It was created by Steve Jobs at Apple. The very first phone released was called just "Iphone" The next one in 2008 was called "Iphone 3G"
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Instagram was released!!
Instagram was developed by Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, and Facebook.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram
