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First Mobile Phone Call
The First Mobile Phone Call Was Made 44 Years Ago. On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Martin Cooper stood in midtown Manhattan and placed a call to the headquarters of Bell Labs in New Jersey. (http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4411258/1st-mobile-phone-call-is-made--April-3--1973) -
Invention of VHS
The first VCR to use VHS was the Victor HR-3300, and was introduced by the president of JVC in Japan on September 9, 1976. JVC started selling the HR-3300 in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan on October 31, 1976. (http://mroche.umwblogs.org/history-of-the-vhs/) -
3-D games Invented
3D Monster Maze was the first ever game released on a commercial games machine that was in 3D. It was developed by Malcolm Evans in 1981 for the Sinclair ZX81 platform. (http://listverse.com/2010/05/11/15-firsts-in-video-game-history/) -
First IBM-PC was invented
The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981. (https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html) -
Apple Lisa Invented
Note the dual 5.25-inch "Twiggy" floppy drives. Apple Lisa was a desktop computer developed by Apple, released on January 19, 1983. It was one of the first personal computers to offer a graphical user interface (GUI) in a machine aimed at individual business users. (http://www.mac-history.net/apple-history-2/apple-lisa/2007-10-12/apple-lisa) -
CD-ROM invented
James T. Russell invented the first compact disk using laser technology in 1965 while working in his lab. A follow up of the CD-ROM was made available in 1985. Sony and Philips co-produced the device. James T. Russell James T. Russell, original inventor of the compact disc, was born in Bremerton, Washington in 1931 (http://www.philips.com/a-w/research/technologies/cd/cd-family.html) -
Microsoft Windows Invented
A graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/02/from-windows-1-to-windows-10-29-years-of-windows-evolution) -
Disposable Camera Invented
Some say that Fujifilm invented the disposable camera in 1986 and others say that this invention was part of Kodak's product line, but a company named Photo-Pac actually invented the film disposable camera in 1949. It took 8 pictures and users would send the camera in for processing. It sold for $1.29. (https://disposableamerica.org/course-projects/della-keyser/the-first-century-of-the-disposable-camera-1886-1986/) -
Netflix Invented
Netflix Inc. is an American multinational entertainment company founded on August 29, 1997, in Scotts Valley, California, by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. It specializes in and provides streaming media and video on demand online and DVD by mail. 9http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/21/showbiz/gallery/netflix-history/) -
Google was Created
Google is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products that include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware. (https://www.google.com/about/company/history/) -
Facebook Creation
Facebook is an American for-profit corporation and online social media and social networking service based in Menlo Park, California. (http://www.businessinsider.com/how-facebook-was-founded-2010-3) -
Youtube Invention
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_YouTube) -
Twitter was Created
Twitter is an online news and social networking service where users post and interact with messages, "tweets," restricted to 140 characters. Registered users can post tweets, but those who are unregistered can only read them. (http://www.businessinsider.com/how-twitter-was-founded-2011-4)
