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1972
The first video game console called the Magnavox Odyssey is demonstrated May 24, 1972 and later released by Magnavox and sold for $100.00 USD.
Atari releases Pong, the first commercial video game on November 29, 1972.1975
Bill Gates and Paul Allen Establish Microsoft April 4, 1975.1977
Apple Computers Apple II, the first personal computer with color graphics is demonstrated.1980
Worldwide, the number of computers in use is 1 million.1987
The first cell phone small enough to fit into a pocket, is launched in Britain with a price tag of 2,500 pounds.1990
The Hubble space telescope is launched.
The world’s first webcam goes online at Cambridge University to remotely monitor the coffee pot in the Trojan Room of the Computer Science Department.1995
The number of U.S. homes with one or more personal computers increases by 16% in 1995 to about 38 million households, up from 33 million in 1994 and 25 million in 1993.
Amazon and eBay are launched.1997
Wi-Fi became available publicly.2000
Sixty percent of U.S. households own at least one computer.2001
Apple released the iPod, which became the most popular MP3 player in history leading to a disruptive and sweeping change in the music industry.2005
YouTube, the first video sharing site came online in 2005 and has grown to one of the most popular sites on the web.2010
Apple introduced the iPad, another revolution in portable “tablet” computing.2011
Amazon releases the Kindle Fire tablet computer/eReader in October and sells more the 25 million by the end of the year.
There are more than 600,000 iPhone/iPad apps and 400,000 Android apps.2015:
Microsoft releases the operating system Windows 10.
Amazon releases Amazon Echo and the Alexa ecosystem.
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