1920 – The Joseph Horne department store in
Pittsburgh ran an advertisement in the Pittsburgh Sun, describing wireless
Victorola music being picked up by radio. Amateur Wireless sets ere on sale for
$10.
1954 – CERN officially came into being. In addition
to countless advancements in science, it would go on to foster the invention of
the World Wide Web.
1983 – Microsoft Word 1.0 for
DOS
Microsoft
releases their first software application, Microsoft Word 1.0. For use with
MS-DOS compatible systems, word was the first word processing software to make
extensive use of a computer mouse. Not coincidentally, Microsoft had released a
computer mouse for IBM-compatible PCs earlier in the year. A demo version was
also included for free with a copy of PC World magazine, marking the first time
a floppy disk was included with a magazine.
1994 – HotJava Demonstrated at
Sun Microsystems
Programmers first demonstrated the
HotJava prototype to executives at Sun Microsystems, Inc. A browser making use
of Java technology, HotJava attempted to transfer Sun’s new programming
platform for use on the World Wide Web. Java is based on the concept of being
truly universal, allowing an application written in the language to be used on
a computer with any type of operating system or on the web, televisions or
telephones.
1995 – The Sony PlayStation went on sale in Europe.
1996 – The Nintendo 64 launched in North America
spreading its 3D world controlled by an analog stick to a new continent.
2001 – Mac OSX “Puma” Releases
With one version of the Apple OS X
under it’s belt, “Puma” – or OS X 10.1 is released to the public. Updated would
include extended DVD support and the ability to burn DVD- RW. There were still
a lot of people against this new version of software. A lot of Mac users still
liked OS 9 and thought OS X is a “superfluous” upgrade.
2015 – Google announced the Nexus 5X and 6P phones,
new Chromecast and Chromecast Audio, and an Android tablet called the Pixel C.
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