Computers: Rushes in Advancement

The Creation of Computers

The Beginning of Computers

Computer use is one million worldwide

1980 - 1981

The computer was a low-importance product.

First color computer, one million are purchased.

1981 - 1982

The color computer was also the first PC.

Apple's Macintosh is realeased.

1984 - 1985

The Macintosh was the first computer with a mouse and a graphical user interface.

Microsoft realeses Windows 1.1

1985 - 1986

CD ROMS are realesed.

1986 - 1987

CC ROMS can hold up to 270,000 papers of text on a single disk.

IMB and Sears create Videotext.

1988 - 1989

Videotext is later renamed the Fax machine.

Adaption of computers

The innovation of computer technology

Computer use has exeeded 100 million worldwide.

1989 - 1990

Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web.

1990 - 1991

E-mail becomes a global standard.

1993 - 1994

The World Wide Web becomes the Internet. The Internet has a total of 130 web sites.

Jerry's guide to the World Wide Web was created.

1994 - 1995

Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web was later renamed Yahoo! It was made to keep track of interesting web sites.

Google opens in a car garage in California.

1998 - 1999

The Innovation of Computer Technology

The updated use of computers

Sixty percent of American households own a computer.

2000 - 2001

Apple releases the Ipod.

2001 - 2002

The Ipod became the most famous MP3 player in history.

Intel launched Wi-Fi

2003 - 2004

Facebook is created.

2004 - 2005

At first, Facebook is limited only to Harvard students. The Internet exceeds 8 billion web sites, most on Google.

Youtube opens

2005 - 2006

You-tube grew to be one of the most popular sites on the web.

Twitter opens

2006 - 2007

The Iphone is realeased.

2007 - 2008

The Iphone sells over 74 million phones, while Google Docs is created.

Apple Invents the Ipad; Skype is crated.

2010 - 2011

Amazon realeses the Kindle Fire.

2011 - 2012

The Kindle Fire is the first tablet/E reader. There is now over 800 million Facebook users.
Over 5.6 million Iphone apps are downloaded daily.

The number of worldwide smart phone use reaches 1 billion.

2012 - 2013

Tablets are the fastest growing technology.