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Online shopping
The Michael Aldrich Archive - Internet Online Shopping. Online shopping was invented and pioneered by Michael Aldrich in the UK. In 1979 he connected a modified domestic television via a telephone line to a real- time multi-user transaction processing computer. -
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Technology Advancements
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Storage/Cloud
Cloud storage is a model of data storage in which the digital data is stored in logical pools, the physical storage spans multiple servers, and the physical environment is typically owned and managed by a hosting company. These cloud storage providers are responsible for keeping the data available and accessible, and the physical environment protected and running. People and organizations buy or lease storage capacity from the providers to store user, organization, or application data. -
Communication/Bluetooth
The development of the "short-link" radio technology, later named Bluetooth, was initiated in 1989 by Nils Rydbeck. The technology was invented in 1994 by a group of engineers at Ericsson. It was originally intended to act as a wireless alternative to RS-232 cables. -
Services/Media
Internet grew rapidly in the West from the mid-1990s and from the late-1990s in the developing world. In the 20 years since 1995, Internet use has grown 100-times, measured for the period of one year, to over one third of the world population. Most traditional communications media, including telephony, radio, paper mail and newspapers are being reshaped or redefined by the Internet, giving birth to new services such as email, Internet telephony, digital newspapers, and video streaming websites. -
Netflix
Netflix was founded on August 29, 1997, in Scotts Valley, California, by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings, both former employees at Pure Software. Hastings invested $2.5 million in startup cash for Netflix. Netflix was launched on April 14, 1998, with only 30 employees and 925 works available through the pay-per-rent model. Netflix introduced the monthly subscription concept in September 1999, and then dropped the single-rental model in early 2000. -
Wifi
a facility allowing computers, smartphones, or other devices to connect to the Internet or communicate with one another wirelessly within a particular area. Devices that can use Wi-Fi technology include personal computers, video-game consoles, smartphones, digital cameras, tablet computers, digital audio players and modern printers. Wi-Fi compatible devices can connect to the Internet via a WLAN network and a wireless access point. -
Google
Google is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products that include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware. founded September 4, 1998. -
Smart Phone
A smartphone is a mobile phone (also known as cell phones or cell mobiles) with an advanced mobile operating system that combines features of a personal computer operating system with other features useful for mobile or handheld use.[1][2][3] Smartphones, which are usually pocket-sized, typically combine the features of a mobile phone, such as the abilities to place and receive voice calls and create and receive text messages. -
Xbox
The original Xbox was released on November 15, 2001 in North America. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market. It was the first video game console offered by an American company after the Atari Jaguar stopped sales in 1996. It reached over 24 million units sold. Microsoft's second console, the Xbox 360, was released in 2005 and has sold over 77.2 million consoles worldwide. Microsoft's most recent console, the Xbox One, was revealed on May 21, 2013. -
FaceBook
Facebook (FB) is an American for-profit corporation and online social media and social networking service. The founders had initially limited the website's membership to Harvard students; however, later they expanded it to higher education institutions in the Boston area, the Ivy League schools, and Stanford University. Since 2006, anyone age 13 and older has been allowed to become a registered user of Facebook, though variations exist in the minimum age requirement. -
YouTube
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion. -
Hulu
Hulu is an American subscription video on demand service owned by Hulu LLC, a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company, 21st Century Fox, Comcast, and as of August 10, 2016, Time Warner. It is primarily oriented towards television series, carrying current and past episodes of series from its owners' respective television networks and other content partners.
