Technology Timelines
Discover and explore chronologically arranged historical timelines, milestones, and stories in the field of technology.
The Typewriter
The machine that mechanized writing before the computer.
International Business Machines (IBM)
"Big Blue" - the company that helped build the computing age.
Samsung Electronics
The South Korean giant at the heart of the world's phones and chips.
Bill Gates — The Man Who Helped Put a Computer on Every Desk
The story of vision and reinvention — from co-founding Microsoft and leading the personal-computing revolution to giving away a vast fortune through global philanthropy.
STEVE JOBS
From a suburban California garage to the most valuable company on Earth - the relentless visionary who reinvented computers, phones, music, and animation.
Intel Corporation
The chipmaker whose processors powered the personal-computer age.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
The semiconductor challenger that reshaped the processor industry.
ELON MUSK
From a lonely, bookish childhood in South Africa to leading the companies reshaping transport, energy, and space travel.
Sundar Pichai
The engineer from Madurai who became CEO of Google and Alphabet.
Microsoft — How Two Friends Turned a Magazine Cover Into the World's Software Empire
From a two-person startup in Albuquerque to a multi-trillion-dollar cloud and AI powerhouse, this is the story of the company that taught the world to compute.
APPLE INC.
The story of how two friends in a California garage built the brand that put computers, music, and the internet into everyone's pocket.
Oracle Corporation
The database giant that helped run the world's businesses.
The Sony Walkman Cassette Player
The device that made music personal and portable.
Adobe Inc.
The software company that shaped how the world creates and shares documents and images.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
The company whose routers became the backbone of the internet.
Mark Zuckerberg — The Coder Who Connected the World
The story of ambition and technology — from a Harvard dorm-room project to building the world's largest social network and betting on the metaverse.
Andrew Tate — From Kickboxing Champion to Polarizing Online Personality
The story of a former professional kickboxer who became one of the internet's most controversial and widely debated figures.
NVIDIA Corporation
The graphics-chip maker that became the engine of the AI revolution.
Netscape
The early web browser company that helped ignite the dot-com boom.
GOOGLE (GOOGLE LLC / ALPHABET INC.)
How two Stanford students in a rented garage built the company that became the front door to the internet.
Salesforce, Inc.
The company that helped move business software to the cloud.
The iPod Classic
The hard-drive music player that defined an era.
LinkedIn Corporation
The world's largest professional networking service.
Meta Platforms, Inc.
The social-media giant behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Orkut
Google's early social network that thrived in Brazil and India.
The Kodak Carousel Projector
The rotating slide projector that defined the home slide show.
Yahoo Answers
The community question-and-answer platform that became an internet institution.
YouTube LLC
The platform that let the world broadcast itself.
Shopify Inc.
The e-commerce platform empowering online merchants.
Spotify
The platform that helped make music streaming mainstream.
Dropbox, Inc.
A pioneer of cloud file storage and syncing.
The BlackBerry Bold
The executive keyboard phone of an era.
Nokia Lumia
The Windows Phone smartphones that faded away.
Snap Inc.
The company behind Snapchat and camera-based social media.
The Floppy Disk
The portable data disk that became the "Save" icon.
The Palm Pilot
The pocket organizer that pioneered the handheld digital assistant.
Zoom Video Communications
A leader in modern video conferencing.
TikTok (ByteDance)
The short-video app that reshaped global entertainment.
Google Glass Explorer Edition
The early smart glasses that put a tiny display before your eye.
The MiniDisc Player
Sony's pocket disc format that recorded music digitally.
OpenAI
The research lab that brought artificial intelligence into everyday life.
The CRT Television
The picture-tube television that defined home viewing for generations.
The VCR Player
The tape machine that brought movies and recording into the home.
The Pager
The pocket device that delivered quick messages before mobile phones.
The Dial-Up Modem
The device whose screeching sound connected homes to the early internet.
The Fax Machine
The device that sent paper documents across telephone lines.