Events
1835: Morse Code
invented by
Samuel Morse1838: Electric Telegraph
Invented by
Charles Wheastone
& Samuel Morse1893: Wireless -
Communication
invented by
Nikola Tesla1888:
Hertz produces
radio waves1895: Radio signals
invented by
Guglielmo Marconi1898: Remote Control
invented by
Nikola Tesla1919:
James Smathers
develops first
electric typewriter1923:
Electronic TV
invented by
Philo Farnsworth1933:
FM radio is
patented by
Edwin H. Armstrong1936 - 1937:
Alan Turing
conceptualises
the computing machine1948:
First programmable
Computers (Manchester Mark 1)
Frederic C. Williams,
Tom Kilburn,
Geoff Tootill1951:
MIT's Whirlwind.
First computer in the world to allow users
to input commands with a keyboard1956:
Optical Fibre invented
by Basil Hirschowitz,
C. Wilbur Peters,
Lawrence E. Curtis1952:
IMB's first Production Computer
(IBM 701)1981:
IBM PC - First computer intended
for home consumer use1959:
The first photocopier
enters the consumer
market1963:
Cloud computing invented
by Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider
Computer Mouse invented by
Douglas Engelbart1971:
E-mail invented by
Ray Tomlinson
First commercially available microprocessor
invented (Intel 4004)1973:
Ethernet invented
by Bob Metcalfe
and David Boggs
Personal Computer
invented by Xerox1984:
First commercial
Laptop enters the market1989:
World-Wide-Web
(the internet)
invented by Sir Tim-Berners Lee1975:
Microsoft was founded1976:
Apple was founded1998:
Google was founded
PayPal is launched
A.I. Develops2000:
Microsoft developed
the first tablet computer2004:
Emergence of web 2.0
Facebook established by Mark Zukerberg2003:
LinkedIn is established2005:
YouTube launched
USB drives replaced floppy disks
Google Analytics established1951:
The origin of commercial
computing1985:
First ever civillian telephone call1980:
BT was founded1995:
Online shopping emergence
Amazon & Ebay launched2018:
Emergence of 'Unicorn companies'2021:
IT & Technology
Accelerates from Covid-192014:
14 Nanometre
computer chips
enter mass production2017:
10 Nanometre Computer chips
enter servicePeriods
1870 - 1900:
Second Industrial
Revolution1950's:
Emergence of
the Mainframe1980's:
Emergence of
the PC1990's:
Internet Use Grows1950 - 2010:
Third Industrial
Revolution2016 - Present Day:
Fourth Industrial
Revolution1950 - Present:
Third Field: IT/Technology Consulting2000 - Present:
Fourth Field: Consulting industry 4.0
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