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3300 BCE
Cave Paintings?
Around 3300 B.C, The first cave paintings were used to paint families, animals, weather, and other things. This was essentially the first form of communicating ideas. -
1800 BCE
Smoke Signals
Smoke signals were the first form of communication. They were used mainly by Chinese soldiers on the Great Wall to warn others about impending danger. -
150 BCE
The Greek Alphabet
A Greek historian created the first form of the alphabet by mixing numeric characters with their alphabetic characters. -
The First Telegram
The first telegraph was made by Samuel Morse. It sent a message 40 miles. That message wrote, "What Hath God Wrought?". -
Earliest telephone
The first telephone call was made in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell. -
Crystal Radios?
In the 1920's, the most common radios used crystals as one of its main components instead of batteries. -
The First Car Phone
In 1946, Swedish police used the first cell phone. It was only able to make six phone calls before the car's battery dies. -
Brick Phone
The first "brick" phone was created. It's company was "Motorola". It was 9 x 5 x 1.75 inches. -
You've Got Mail! You Won! Click Here! Free!
The first spam mail was sent to 393 users of ARPANET, it was used to advertise a new computer. -
Google!
In 2006, Google became more than 85% of western civilization's form of communication.
