Technology Flashcards
When was the high-speed printer invented and by whom?
1953 Remington-Rand
When was the first desktop PC produced and by whom?
Olivetti 1964
When was the digital camera invented and by whom?
Kodak 1975
When was the world wide web invented and by whom?
Tim Berners-Lee 1989
When was the first smartphone invented and by whom?
1992 IBM
When was the first text sent?
1992
When was the emoji invented and where?
1998 Japan
When was facebook founded?
2004
When was twitter founded?
2006
When was the first iPhone released?
2007
When was WhatsApp founded?
2009
When was Snapchat released?
2011
What is immediacy?
Conole and Dyke, theory surrounding technologies impact on language and speed of information exchange
Informalisation
The process causing english to become increasingly informal; often due to the technological advances eg. texts
