Information

Technology and
Artificial Intelligence
Prepared by: Biological Sciences Unit
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 Information Age
The Information Age began around the
1970s and is still going on today. It is also
known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, or
New Media Age. This era brought about a
time period in which people could access
information and knowledge easily.
INFORMATION AGE TIMELINE
1981
Osborne 1
It is considered as the first true mobile computer by most historians. Adam Osborne founded Osborne
Computer and formed the Osborne 1 in 1981.

1983
First Laptop Computer
Manny Fernandez, who started Gavilian Computer, promoted his machines as the first "laptop" computers in
May 1983. Many historians consider the gavilian as the first fully functional laptop computer.

1988
Digital Camera
By the late 1980s, the technology required to produce truly commercial digital cameras existed. The first true
portable digital camera that recorded images as a computerized file was likely the Fuji DS-1P of 1988, which
recorded to a 2 MB SRAM memory card that used a battery to keep the data in memory. This camera was
never marketed to the public.

Aug 30, 1988

Transatlantic Telephone
The first transatlantic telephone cable went into operation.
INFORMATION AGE TIMELINE
1989
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web (abbreviated www or the Web) is an information space where documents and other web
resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), interlinked by hypertext links, and can be accessed via
the Internet. English scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989.

1991
First Webcam
In 1991 the first webcam was pointed at a coffee shop.

Oct 30, 1992

First Smartphone
The first smartphone was the IBM Simon.

1995
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Internet Explorer, commonly abbreviated IE or
MSIE) is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included in the Microsoft Windows line of
operating systems, starting in 1995.

1995
Amazon
On July 5, 1994, Bezos incorporated the company as Cadabra, Inc. Bezos changed the name to Amazon.com, Inc.
INFORMATION AGE TIMELINE
1997
Google
Google began in January 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both PhD students at Stanford
University in Stanford, California. The domain name for Google was registered on September 15, 1997, and the company was
incorporated on September 4, 1998.

2001
Wikipedia
Wikipedia began with its launch on 15 January 2001, two days after the domain was registered by Jimmy Wales and
Larry Sanger. Its technological and conceptual underpinnings predate this; the earliest known proposal for an
online encyclopedia was made by Rick Gates in 1993,

2002
Friendster
Friendster was founded by Canadian computer programmer Jonathan Abrams in 2002, before the
wider adoption of MySpace (2003), Hi5 (2003), Facebook (2004) and other social networking sites.
2003
Skype
First released in August 2003, Skype was created by the Swede Niklas Zennström and the Dane Janus Friis, in cooperation with Ahti
Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, and Jaan Tallinn, Estonians who developed the backend that was also used in the music-sharing application
Kazaa.

2004
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service launched on February 4, 2004. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow
Harvard University student Eduardo Saverin.
INFORMATION AGE TIMELINE
2005
YouTube
The history of YouTube began when PayPal employees created a video-sharing website where users could upload,
share and view content.

2006
Twitter
Twitter is an online news and social networking service where users post and interact with
messages, "tweets", restricted to 140 characters. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey,
2010
Instagram
Instagram is a mobile, desktop, and Internet-based photo-sharing application and service that
allows users to share pictures and videos either publicly or privately. It was created by Kevin
Systrom, and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app exclusively for the
iOS operating system.
2010
Pinterest
Pinterest is a web and mobile application startup that operates a software system designed to discover
information on the World Wide Web. Registration is required for use.

2011
Snapchat
How does Information
Age affect our society
today?
 Social Media
q is computer-based technology that facilitates the
sharing of ideas, thoughts, and information
through the building of virtual networks and
communities.
q by design, social media is internet-based and
gives users quick electronic communication of
content.
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Youtube
Disadvantages of Social Media
 Privacy problems

• sharing your online location

• sharing too much with the public
• cause issues à sometimes can’t
ever be solved.
 Cyberbullying
• most of the children have become victims of the cyberbullying over the
past (pewcenter.org )
• its quite easy for anyone to bully on the internet because anyone can
create fake accounts without being traced
• threats, intimidation messages and rumors àcreate discomfort and chaos
in the society.
 Addiction
• the teenagers are the most affected
• they get involved very extensively and are
eventually cut off from the society.
• waste individual time that could have
been utilized by productive tasks and
activities.
 Reduces Family Intimacy
• separate us from our families more than we actually think it does
• most children are on their phone.
 Fraud and Scams
• individuals
have scammed
and commit
fraud through
the social
media.
 Health Issues
• excess usage of social media à
negative impact on the health.
• become lazy à result brings disorder
in the routine life.
 Reputation
• social media can easily ruin
someone’s reputation just
by creating a false story and
spreading across the social
media.
• similarly, businesses can
also suffer losses due to
bad reputation being
conveyed over the social
media.
Advantages of Social Media
 Connectivity

• can boost the marketing

• can connect to the others using
some social media applications.
 Education
• connect with into the learning groups
• provide plenty of online information
which often students are more inclined to
read.
• online messages, comments, news,
articles, and books provide an endless list
of information to be read
• students are motivated to devote their
time and put some extra efforts towards
their learning.
 Help
• can help promote a business.
• social media helps you
humanize a brand and build
genuine relationships with
your community.
• it shortens the distance from
your audience
 Information and Updates
• you update yourself from the • people are using social media
latest happenings around in the for donation à a quick way to
world help people.
 Promotion
• can boost business by using
advertisement in social
media
What is the importance of
information technology in
your life as a student?
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