Tenth week / Décima semana Inglés básico A1 para Informáticos Social media started in the early 2000s. The first popular sites were Friendster and MySpace. These platforms allowed people to connect with friends and share information. Users could create profiles, upload photos, and send messages. Social media quickly became popular around the world. In 2004,…
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The Launch of the iPod
Tenth week / Décima semana Inglés básico A1 para Informáticos The iPod was launched by Apple on October 23, 2001. It was a new device that changed how people listen to music. Before the iPod, people used CDs and cassette tapes to listen to their favorite songs. The iPod allowed users to store thousands of…
The Invention of the DVD
Tenth week / Décima semana Inglés básico A1 para Informáticos The DVD was invented in 1995. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc. It is a type of disc that can store a lot of data, like movies, music, and games. Before DVDs, people used CDs, but CDs could only hold a small amount of information….
The Creation of Google
Tenth week / Décima semana Inglés básico A1 para Informáticos Google was created in 1998 by two students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, at Stanford University in the United States. They wanted to make it easier for people to find information on the internet. Before Google, searching for information online was difficult. Larry and Sergey…
The Expansion of Mobile Telephony
Tenth week / Décima semana Inglés básico A1 para Informáticos Mobile telephony began in the 1980s when the first mobile phones were created. These phones were very big and heavy. People used them to make calls from their cars. The technology was new and expensive, so only a few people had mobile phones at that…
The Introduction of Windows 95
Tenth week / Décima semana Inglés básico A1 para Informáticos Windows 95 was released on August 24, 1995, by Microsoft, a big company in the United States. It was a new operating system for personal computers. Before Windows 95, people used older versions of Windows, but they were not very easy to use. Windows 95…
The Birth of the World Wide Web
Tenth week / Décima semana Inglés básico A1 para Informáticos The World Wide Web was created in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist from England. He wanted to make it easier for people to share information using computers. The World Wide Web is a system of websites that we can visit using a browser. It…
The Development of Spreadsheet Software
Ninth week / Novena semana Inglés básico A1 para Informáticos In 1979, the first spreadsheet software, called VisiCalc, was created. It was invented by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston. Before this, people used paper to organize numbers and do calculations. VisiCalc made this easier by allowing people to enter numbers into a computer and perform…
The Arrival of Personal Computing
Ninth week / Novena semana Inglés básico A1 para Informáticos In the 1970s, personal computers became available for the first time. Before that, computers were big machines used only by scientists and companies. These large computers were expensive and difficult to use. But everything changed when companies like Apple and IBM created personal computers. Now,…
The First Microprocessor
Ninth week / Novena semana Inglés básico A1 para Informáticos The first microprocessor was created in 1971 by Intel, a company in the United States. It was called the Intel 4004. A microprocessor is a small chip that controls everything in a computer. The Intel 4004 was the first chip that could do many things…