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1940: Community Antenna Television system,
Early cable
1940: Community Antenna Television system, Early cable

1950: Black and White TV came out and became mainstream

1972: Email was developed by Ray Tomlinson

1973: First handheld Mobile Phone by John
Mitchel, and Martin Cooper
1975: Introduction of VCRs
1980: Color television became mainstream and First Online
Newspaper - Columbus Dispatch
1981: IBM Personal Computer is introduced
1985: Microsoft Windows is launched

The 1990s to 2000s: Invention of the Internet,

Birth of Social Networking Sites, and Emergence
of Social Media.
1991: World Wide Web came into being by Sir
Timothy John-Berners Lee

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide

Web.
1992
The term “surfing the internet” becomes a well-
known phrase amongst those using the
internet.

1993
CERN introduces the World Wide Web to the
world, this is now accessible to everyone.

1996

Nokia releases the Nokia 9000 communicator,

the first mobile phone with internet
capabilities.
1997
the Jet Propulsion Lab allows people to watch
the Sojourner rover landing and exploration of
Mars. The broadcast generates about 40 million
to 45 million hits each day..

2001
The average internet user spends 83 minutes
online.
-Apple revolutionises music listening by
announcing its iPod MP3 music player.
· Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger founded and
launched Wikipedia. Users write over 20,000
encyclopaedia entries in the first year.

1996

Nokia releases the Nokia 9000 communicator,

the first mobile phone with internet capabilities.
1995: Microsoft Internet Explorer was launched

1997: DVDs replaced VCR

2001: Instant Messaging Services
2002: Satellite Radio is launched

2004: Facebook
2005: Youtube
2006: Twitter
2007: Tumblr
2010: Instagram
Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launches
thefacebook.com. 1,200 Harvard students sign up within
the first 24 hours. Facebook goes on to become the world’s
biggest social networking site, with over a billion users
worldwide.

2008 — Google releases the Chrome Web

browser.

HTML5 is introduced.