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Gadgets
Sony Product Timeline Is a Glorious Gadget History Lesson
3:20PM Jesus Diaz | They have been in comma lately but, through 53 years of history, Sony has created some of the most amazing gadget in history. Some of them changed the world forever. Here you have them all. More »
Music
How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
5:20AM John Herrman | Humans have been writing music for at least as long as we’ve been recording history. It was storing it that took a little more time. Here are all the ways we’ve done it to date: More »
Phones
25 Anniversary of the First Commercial Mobile Phone Call Timeline
11:20PM Jesus Diaz | Today marks the 25th Anniversary of the first commercial mobile phone call in history. On October 13th 1983, Ameritech executive Bob Barnett called the grandson of Alexander Graham Bell using the now legendary and bricktastic Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. Here’s our modified mobile phone timeline highlighting this historic event. You can click on it to see the full 2,300 pixel wide version. More »
Music