Communication in history

Cave Drawings

100

that the latest/earliest cave drawings were found in Indonesia which roughly date to 40,000 years ago. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/08/us-science-caves-idUSKCN0HX29W20141008

Morse Mode

Jan 1, 1836

Samuel Morese demonstrated the ability of a telegraph system to transmit information over wires in 1836 http://www.wrvmuseum.org/morsecodehistory.htm

Telegraph

Jan 1, 1837

Samuel Morse created the first telegraph in 1837. He was also an art professor in New York university in 1835. Morse proved that signals could be transmitted by wire. http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm

Telephone

Mar 8, 1876

Created in March, 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell. Was a form of electric telegraph signals which led to a new way of sending and receiving human voices. But was really created by Antonio Meucci.
http://oldphone.net/who-invented-the-worlds-first-telephone/

Internet

Jan 1, 1957

Vince Cerf aka "Fatther of the internet" is the co designer of the TCP/IP protocalls and architecture of the internet. In 2005 he was given the Presidental Medal of Freedom by George Bush. http://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/vint-cerf

E mail

Jan 1, 1971

The first important email standard was called SMPT, or Simple message transfer protocol. often involved international calls in the early days. http://www.nethistory.info/History%20of%20the%20Internet/email.html

Skype

Oct 9, 2003

Made its first appearance back in 2003. Then it was purchased in 2011 by microsoft for $8.5 billion. In 2010 skype is released as a app on iphones. Back in 2008 skype bacame mobile. http://www.brighthub.com/office/collaboration/articles/6109.aspx