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WEB Browser

The first web browser was called WorldWideWeb(www) and was developed in 1990 by Tim Berners-Lee for the NeXT Computer (at the same time as the first web server for the same machine), providing a solution for the creation of new sites and future internet connections.

The software was introduced to his colleagues at CERN in March 1991.

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2G

2G is short for second-generation cellular network.

Through the knowledge and thought of creating a durable shared internet connection, 2G cellular networks were commercially launched on the GSM standard in Finland by Radiolinja in 1991.

The first system to be used had an operating frequency of 900MHz, with future variants in:

1800MHz;

1900MHz;

450MHz.

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Smartphone

It was invented by IBM in 1992 and released for purchase in 1994.

It was called the Simon Personal Communicator (SPC) and featured several elements that became staples to every smartphone that followed, providing insight into future touchscreen phones.

The SPC was equipped with a:

Touch screen;

Ability to send and receive emails and faxes;

A calendar;

Address book;

Appointment scheduler;

Screen keyboards.

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PDF format

PDF started off on the dream of a paperless office, as the pet project of one of Adobe's founders, John Warnock.

PDF was Initially an internal project at Adobe to create a file format so documents could be spread throughout the company and displayed on any computer using any operating system.

After distributing Adobe Reader for free, PDF quickly gained adoption and by 1999, more than 100 million copies of Adobe Reader had been downloaded from the web, and the PDF became a global standard.

If they hadn't made the connection, we maybe wouldn't have the PDF today.

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Bluetooth

In 1994, Jaap Haartsen laid the foundations for the system that was later known as the Bluetooth Wireless Technology, enabling connections between a seemingly endless array of devices.

It might seem like nothing to do at the time, but it was definetly a major breakthrough.

The Bluetooth logo is a bind rune merging the Younger Futhark runes with Harald's initials:

ᚼ, Hagall

ᛒ, Bjarkan

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Internet Explorer

Is a graphic web browser created by Microsoft in 1995. It was one of the most used web browser, having 95% of web browsers usage in 2002, because it won the first browser war to Netscape navigator.

When Firefox and Chrome came using the same insight as the explorer, the use of it drastically downsized.

In 2015 Windows announced that the Internet Explorer was going to be replaced by Microsoft Edge in Windows 10

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USB

Intel's Chief Systems Technologist Ajay Bhatt carried out the research and created the USB technology in January 1996.

The original USB 1.0 specification, defined data transfer rates of:

1.5 Mbit/s Low Speed

12 Mbit/s Full Speed

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DVD

The DVD was much superior to VHS and Betamax in:

sound;

image;

digital audio support;

multiple 5.1 sound channels;

navigation menus;

possibility to skip chapters and more.

The discs were quite durable because the reading process was optical, not magnetic. So for the time it was one of the best inventions and discoveries.

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Google

After doing a lot of research and having a better knowledge about other website platforms like the Internet Explorer and Firefox, Google finally was officially launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to market Google Search, which has become the most used web-based search engine until today.

With the phase of rapid growth of the company, its initial public offering in 2004 made them become one of the world's largest media companies.

The company also launched:

Google News in 2002;

Gmail in 2004;

Google Maps in 2005;

Google Chrome in 2008;

Google+ in 2011.

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Emoji

Emoji is a Japanese word, formed by "e" (image) and "moji" (character). This already makes it clear where the concept was born, around the 90s.

The creator was the Japanese Shigetaka Kurita, who worked for NTT DoComo, the largest cell phone company in the country.

When Shigetaka Kurita created the first emoji in 1999, he had to face the challenge of working within a grid measuring 12 by 12 pixels.