1920 – The Joseph
Horne department store in Pittsburgh ran an advertisement in the Pittsburgh
Sun, describing wireless Victrola music being picked up by radio. Amateur
Wireless sets ere on sale for $10.
1954 – CERN
officially came into being. In addition to countless advancement 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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