Timeline of communication

  • Communication:-Two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which participants not only exchange (encode-decode) information, news, ideas and feelings but also create and share meaning. In general, communication is a means of connecting people or places. 3500s BC – The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing and the Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing. 1792 – Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line. 1831 – Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph. 1902 – Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland. 1993 - Mosaic graphical web browser is launched. 1994 – Internet radio broadcasting is born. 1996 - Motorola StarTAC mobile phone introduced. It was significantly smaller than previous cellphones. 1999 – 45% of Australians have a mobile phone. 1998 - Lotus Notes software is launched 2001 – First digital cinema transmission by satellite in Europe of a feature film by Bernard Pauchon and Philippe Binant. 2003 – Myspace is launched. 2003 – Skype video calling software is launched. 2004 – What would become the largest social networking site in the world, Facebook is launched. 2005 – YouTube, the video sharing site, is launched. 2006 – Twitter is launched. 2007 - iPhone is launched. 2010 - Instagram is launched. iPad is created. 2011 - Snapchat is launched.
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