The History of Computers

By jakewilson12

  • Charles Babbage creates first computer

    Charles Babbage creates first computer
    Charles Bobbage First Computer WIKI
    What does it do - It was made to be a mechanical calculator, it was made to help with mathematics. It was made in Canbridge, Charles Babbage was a professor there.

  • James R.Harris invented and built the first transitor computer

    James R.Harris invented and built the first transitor computer
    First Transitor, WIKI
    The first transitor computer was made in Manchester University, it was first used as a calculator.It was invernted by James R. Harris.

  • Douglas Engelbart created the mouse

    Douglas Engelbart created the mouse
    Doug Englelbart, First mouseThe mouse was invented to move easily around the screen of your computer.The mouse was invented in Doug's research lab of stanford.

  • The Internet was Invented.

    Who invented the internetMany people were involved in creating the internet. The internet was made to allow people to research and find out information without going to a library. The internet was invented in America.

  • The First email

    The first person to send an email was Ray Tomilson to himself to see if it worked. Email is used to send messages and attachments to other people.

  • Apple was Invented

    Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Ronald wayne and Steve Wosniak. Apple is a mutli million dollar copany where they develop electronic technology such as iphones and ipads.

  • First Car with Sat nav

    First Car with Sat nav
    The worlds first car with Sat nav was the toyota celica xx, it was made with sat nav so you don't need to use a paper map.

  • Easyjet was founded

    Easyjet began so it could be a lowcost english airline, It was founded by Stelios Haji-Ioannou and now it is the largest airline in the UK.

  • Netflix

    Netflix was founded by Reed hastings and Marc Randolph. Netfilx was created in Scotts Vally, California, US. The reason for creating Netflix was to veiw online movie and tv porgrammes on your computer/tablet/phone.

  • Facebook was created.

    Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes. It was first introduced to universities but now it's public and it is used to socialise and get together online.

  • Trivago was invented

    Trivago was invented to give advice about hotels and travelling. There are 45 million users and lots of people use it every day. You can also book hotels overseas and the site gives you lot's of information on a specific hotel.

  • Q zone was created

    Q zone was created
    Q zone also goes by the name as QQ. It is the most popular social network in China becuase the chinese government don't like Twitter and Facebook. It is only avaiable in Chinese.

  • Twitter was invented

    Twitter was founded by Evan Williams, Noah Glass, Jack Dorsey, and Biz stone. Twitter was invented to be able to 'tweet' a message to all your followers and the public.

  • Sina Weibo was launched

    Sina Weibo was launched
    Sina Weibo is the chinese version of twitter, it is avaiable in english, simplified chinese and traditional chinese. The main people that use it are the chinese.The meaning of Sina weibo is Sina microblog. Weibo is a microblog.

  • Snapchat was invented

    Snapchat was invented to shar photos and videos and socialise at the same time. Snapchat was invented by Bobby Murphy and now he is very sucessful.In May 2014 the app's users were sending 700 million photos and videos a day.

  • Edward Snowden Leaked information

    Edward Snowden was a american computer professional who worked for the CIA, but he leaked confidential information about the U.S government. In 2013 he leaked confidential info about the Cia and The Us government.

  • I predict this will be when we can send text messages by just thinking about it.

    I think this will happen because technology is developing quickly and eventually this will happen.

  • This is when there will be computers that find your objects like keys, a pen, your car

    I think this will come about because there will be more apple watchs or smart watchs that will direct you to your car/keys and phone.

  • I predict this is when all cars will be completely driverless.

    I think this will happen because eventually all people will become so lazy that we can't be bothered to drive our cars therefore we will be driven there by our car while we sat in the backseat.

  • I predict this will be when microscopic robots will conduct medical sugery

    I think this will happen because medicine is developing and they have nearly made the prototype so when they have tested it and got the nano bots ready it will be around 2050