The Development of the Telephone. While Italian innovator Antonio Meucci is credited with inventing the first primary phone in 1849, and Frenchman Charles Bourseul devised a phone in 1854, Alexander Graham Bell won the first U.S. patent for the device in 1876. Who invented the telephone in 1844?
Two years earlier, Alexander Graham Bell had invented the telephone. These inventions were to transform forever the way humans communicated with one another. People could exchange ideas for the first time without being in the same space.
The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was the first handheld cellular phone that allowed people to make long-distance calls rather than just a landline phone. It did not require any lines or cords to be attached to make a call. The first ever cellular phone call was created in 1973 using this phone by Dr. Martin Cooper.
When were mobile phones popular in Australia?
Mobile phones became smaller and cheaper in the 1990s, and their uptake in Australia was rapid. In 1990, just 1 percent of Australians were estimated to own a mobile phone. In 1995, this rate increased to 13 percent; by 1999, around 45 percent of Australians owned mobile phones.
When I came to think of it, when I was studying in school, I remember learning in our primary, high school, and college that the telephone originated by experiencing the two cans with a string attached to the other end of both sides. However, my mother got this experimental kit from the U.S.A. Physics kit for her Master’s Degree. It was a big thing by then. But it’s real! It was the most remarkable invention in terms of how it works. A few households already own it, but it is predominantly for business and industry entities.
To forward it nowadays. People are talking on every corner, driving the car, in their homes, crossing the road, waiting for the patient receiving room, and more. In school, students are using them. It becomes a curse, especially when it becomes a tool for cyber spammers, fights, intrigues, etc. Social media, as my past bad experiences, are also predominant. In the end, there are advantages and disadvantages. It depends on how the people engage them. It was frustrating and a nuisance in the future. But, I am very thankful that we also benefit from it; regardless of its many side effects, it is even far more beneficial to our society in modern times.
I can remember the first e-mail invented by Bill Gates. Then it reaches worldwide. Many things of internet new technology follow. Online shopping, business, and even writing my manuscripts and publishing my books through the Amazon website become more efficient and less cost-effective than traditional publishing agencies.
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known for co-founding software giant Microsoft.
Facebook is an online social media and networking service owned by American technology giant Meta Platforms. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name derives from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to only Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities and, since 2006, anyone over 13 years old. As of December 2022, Facebook claimed 2.96 billion monthly active users [6] and ranked third worldwide among the most visited websites.[7] It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s.[8]
Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivity, such as personal computers, tablets, and smartphones. After registering, users can create a profile revealing information about themselves. They can post text, photos, and multimedia, which are shared with any other users who have agreed to be their “friend” or, with different privacy settings, publicly. Users can also communicate directly with each other with Messenger, join common-interest groups, and receive notifications on the activities of their Facebook friends and the pages they follow.1”*
([1]* Notes: References from online: Wikipedia https://wikipedia.org., Britannica https://www.britannica.com)
Excerpted from the book of Roselyn Van Dyk, available at Amazon Kindle Store. These books offer encouragement, hope, wisdom, insight, and more. The title is Picture Your Dreams Turn Into Reality.
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