IBM created the world's first smartphone 25 years ago
Mar 13, 2018 · The first credited smartphone Image: Bcos47/Wikimedia.org Simon’s demise Ultimately, Simon fell victim to the relentless march of technology, which saw the advent of the …
How AI and other technology changed our lives – a timeline
Mar 11, 2024 · More than a decade after the first smartphone had been introduced, the iPhone redefined mobile technology by combining a phone, music player, camera and internet …
First Smartphone Made In The Ivory Coast For Local Users
Dec 19, 2024 · The Open G smartphone went on sale in July 2022 in the Ivory Coast and has sold several thousand units.
These are the countries where most adults still don’t have a …
Feb 27, 2019 · On 3 April 1973, Motorola employee Martin Bell made the world’s first mobile phone call. Nearly 50 years on, more than 5 billion people are connected to mobile services – …
Rwanda pioneers first 'made in Africa' smartphones - The World …
Rwanda’s Mara Group has launched two smartphones, describing them as the first “Made in Africa” models and giving a boost to the country’s ambitions to become a regional technology …
Here’s how technology has changed the world since 2000
Nov 18, 2020 · Following on from these first new media options, new communities and alternative media came the massive growth of social media. In 2004, fewer than 1 million people were on …
Repairing – not recycling – is the first step to tackling smartphone …
Jul 19, 2021 · As smartphone sales have skyrocketed, so has the device’s contribution to waste streams and carbon emissions. Manufacturers will need to conserve resources as 6 of the key …
Our love affair with smartphones has grown deeper than you think
Mar 6, 2019 · To find out, we recently surveyed more than 8,000 smartphone users in eight countries: the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, France, Spain, Canada, and the United …
Charted: There are more mobile phones than people in the world
Apr 11, 2023 · This month marks 50 years since the very first mobile phone call. Motorola engineer Martin Cooper rang his chief rival from a street in New York on 3 April, 1973. Now …
Your smartphone has become your home, anthropologists say
May 26, 2021 · The smartphone has become 'a place within which we live', rather than a device that we use, they say. You are a snail and your smartphone is your shell – it has become your …