Technology Use Progression (Millennials)

By ShaidrianRios

  • Alto: the first computer

    Alto: the first computer
    Xerox introduced the first computer called Alto. This computer paved the way for PCs in the future.

  • GridPad

    GridPad
    It was created by Jeff Hawkins and was known as the first commercially successful Grid Pad.

  • Social Media

    Social media or social networking was primarily created in the '80s or '90s with sites like CompuServe, America Online, and Prodigy.

  • SMS messaging

    The first text message sent was by a 22-year-old engineer named Neil Papworth. This then boomed later on in the late 90s and early 2000s as technology got more advanced.

  • Simon

    Simon
    The tech company IBM is credited for creating the first-ever smartphone called Simon. This boomed to be the basis for all future smartphones that are to be made in the future.