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Technology
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Osborne 1 Becomes Available
The laptop was invented by Adam Osborne in 1981. It was called ''Osborne 1'' and cost $1,795. It had a tiny computer screen built into it. It was invented by Osborne Computers.
More info at:
http://oldcomputers.net/osborne-1.html -
CD's Were Launched
Commercial CDs were launched in 1982. 1,000 titles were available by the end of 1983.
check out where to buy soem CD's below:
http://www.thehouseofused.com/ -
The Mobile Phone
Motorola launched the DynaTAC 8000x in 1983 and offered about one hour of talk time, and used an LED display.
Below is Motorola's website today:
https://www.motorola.com/ -
Wi-Fi is Created
Wi-Fi is an advancement allows high-speed data transfers. This allows users to have internet without bulky cables.
Read more at:
http://www.thesuitmagazine.com/technology/web-a-internet/22360-wireless-revolution-the-history-of-wifi.html -
Amazon is founded
Amazon was initially launched in Jeffrey P. Bezo's garage to make shopping online a thing and make it easy.
https://www.amazon.com/ -
Netflix is First Founded
Netflix was first founded inn August of 1997, but at that time it was just in the DVD mailing business.
https://www.netflix.com/ -
Youtube is Founded
Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim created Youtube in 2005. They knew each other from working together at PayPal.
https://www.youtube.com/ -
Netflix Launches Streaming Media
Netflix expanded its business with the introduction of streaming media.
https://www.netflix.com/ -
iPhone 1st Generation is Launched
Steve Jobs co creates the first model of the iPhone which was initially launched in 2007 and became available in 22 countries by 2008.
http://www.apple.com/ -
Hulu is Founded
Hulu is an online video service that offers hit TV shows, movies, and trailers/clips.
https://www.hulu.com/welcome?orig_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F -
Snapchat is Created
Snapchat is an image messaging and multimedia mobile application created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown when they were students at Stanford University.
https://www.snapchat.com/ -
Immune Engineering
Genetically engineered immune cells are saving the lives of cancer patients by implanting white blood cells that are specifically engineered to hunt cancer cells.
Full article on:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/600763/10-breakthrough-technologies-2016-immune-engineering/ -
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