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Important Innovations
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Peter Goldmark invents modern color television system.
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The first bank card, named "Charg-It," was introduced in 1946 by John Biggins
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Charles Ginsburg invented the first video tape recorder (VTR).
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Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce both invent the microchip.
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The audio cassette is invented by Philips.
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The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
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The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
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The Apple Macintosh invented
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Windows program invented by Microsoft.
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The World Wide Web and Internet protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML) created by Tim Berners-Lee
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Web TV invented by Rox
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DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) invented by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic
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In October 2000, AT&T became the first U.S. cellular company to offer instant text messaging for mobile phones.
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On October 23, 2001 Apple Computers publicly announced their portable music digital player the iPod, created under project codename Dulcimer
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YouTube - the online video sharing and viewing community - was invented in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. YouTube was named Time Magazines Invention of the year in 2006.
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Launch of Apple's iPhone by Steve Jobs
