Friday 6 November 2009

Communication in the Information Age

Communication throughout the information age has become much better. Now it is easier to communicate with other people. Communications have changed from letters through to instant messaging, below is a timeline of all the important dates regarding improvements in communicating in the information age.

1836 - First working telegraph to use morse code.
1843 - First ever fax machine invented.
1876 - First telephone invented.
1895 - First radio signal sent.
1929 - First demonstration of television.
1956 - First mobile phone invented.
1971 - First use of Email.
1982 - First ever use of VOIP.
1992 - First SMS message sent.
1994 - Bluetooth invented.
1995 - MSN invented with the release of Windows 95
1995 - Company called WELL, which is the first social networking site.
2004 - Facebook was invented.
2005 - Skype was invented.

Some of the above inventions have stood the test of time whereas others haven't.

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