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Radio
British Broadcasting Company began broadcasting in
London in 1922 and by 1925 it spread to the majority of the United Kingdom. The stations played classic music, plays, and discussions. It enabled people to communicate across great distances.
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Whirlwind
The Whirlwind was a vacuum tube computer. It was developed by MIT Servomechanisms Lab. It was the first computer to use video displays for output and on of the first digital electronic computers. The first version could do 20,000 instructions per second and used magnetic core memory.
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CompuServe Interactive Services
CompuServe allows access for Internet online users at home and anywhere in the world. It is a computer time-sharing service based in Columbus, Ohio. CompuServe brought the initial emergence of the online service industry.
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Cordless Phone
The earliest cordless phones operated at a frequency of 27 MHz. They had limited range, poor sound quality, and poor security. Cordless phones allowed people to talk on the phone and walk around, not be connected with a wire and stuck talking in one place. They worked wirelessly and these eventually lead to the first cell phone.
http://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-telephone/
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Bulletin Board System
Founded in Chicago by Walt Christensen BBS was the first collaborative tool available for personal computers. It enables two or more computers to communicate using modems.
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UseNet
UseNet allowed communication through newsletter. It is a collection of newsgroups where the user can post messages and interact with one another. Each server had a retention time for messages.
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AOL
Founded by Bill von Meister, AOL was one of the most recognized brand on the web when it came out. It originally provided a dial-up service, web portal, e-mail, and instant message. It was a Control Video Corporation where for a dollar users could rent games through the product called GameLine.
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World Wide Web
The creator, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, made the World Wide Web free to anyone, anywhere. It is an information system that allows documents to be connected to other documents which allows individuals to search for information.
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IBM Simon
It was the first smart phone. It had a touch screen, e-mail capability, apps, and could send faxes Although back then the apps were called features that came with the phone like calculator, calendar, address book, ect...
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Six Degrees
Founded by Andrew Weinreich, Six Degrees was the very first social networking site with profiles, friends lists, and school affiliations.
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Blogger
Founded by Evan Williams, this was the first blogging site that is largely responsible for bringing blogging mainstream. It was manually updated and often linked from a central home page.
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YouTube
Founded by PayPal employees Hurley, Chen, and Karin, YouTube began with PayPal employees creating a video sharing website, which turned into the world's most popular online video site. Where anyone can share and upload videos of any content and length.
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4G
After 1, 2, and 3G there was 4G it is a generation of mobile internet. It boasts mobile internet speeds.
http://blog.vodafone.co.uk/2013/01/21/a-brief-history-of-mobile-data/
