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History of the digital era

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History of the digital era

1960s 1980s

Early 20th Century

Pre-20th Century

2000s

1990s

2020s

The Rise of Mainframes, Microprocessors, and Personal Computing

Birth of Computing and Digital Technology

The Digital Revolution & Mobile Computing

AI, 5G, and Digital Transformation

Foundations of Computing

The Internet Era and Web Revolution

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John von Neumann: Introduces the Von Neumann Architecture, a design that underlies most modern computers today.

Microsoft Founded: Bill Gates and Paul Allen start Microsoft, which would go on to dominate the software world with MS-DOS and Windows.

Ada Lovelace: The world’s first computer programmer, who created the first algorithm intended for a machine (Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine).

IBM PC: IBM introduces the first personal computer (PC), revolutionizing business and home computing

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1976

1960s

1936

1981

1975

1945

1843

Alan Turing: Introduces the concept of the Turing Machine, a theoretical model for computation that forms the basis of modern computer science.

The Internet's Early Roots: ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet, is developed by the U.S. Department of Defense for research and communication.

Apple Computer Founded: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne found Apple Computer and release the Apple I and Apple II.

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World Wide Web (WWW): Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web at CERN, turning the internet into a usable platform for sharing information.

Bitcoin Whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto: Satoshi Nakamoto publishes the Bitcoin whitepaper, launching the idea of decentralized digital currency and blockchain technology.

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1998

2021

2008

1991

Google Founded: Larry Page and Sergey Brin found Google, creating the world's most popular search engine.

Rise of Generative AI: Advances in artificial intelligence with models like GPT-3 and DALL-E pave the way for new applications in content creation, automation, and more.

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Synthesis and organization

Narrative Beings

Visual Beings

We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.

We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Digital Beings

Social Beings

We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.

We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.

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Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? Well: 90% of the information we assimilate comes to us through sight, and we retain 42% more information when the content moves. What you read: interactivity and animation can turn the most boring content into something fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages. Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Here you can put a highlighted title.

Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? Well: 90% of the information we assimilate comes to us through sight, and we retain 42% more information when the content moves. What you read: interactivity and animation can turn the most boring content into something fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages. Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

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Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? Well: 90% of the information we assimilate comes to us through sight, and we retain 42% more information when the content moves. What you read: interactivity and animation can turn the most boring content into something fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages. Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

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Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? Well: 90% of the information we assimilate comes to us through sight, and we retain 42% more information when the content moves. What you read: interactivity and animation can turn the most boring content into something fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages. Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Here you can put a highlighted title.

Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? Well: 90% of the information we assimilate comes to us through sight, and we retain 42% more information when the content moves. What you read: interactivity and animation can turn the most boring content into something fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages. Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Here you can put a highlighted title.

Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? Well: 90% of the information we assimilate comes to us through sight, and we retain 42% more information when the content moves. What you read: interactivity and animation can turn the most boring content into something fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages. Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Here you can put a highlighted title

Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? Well: 90% of the information we assimilate comes through sight, and we retain 42% more information when the content is moving. What you read: interactivity and animation can turn the most boring content into something fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages. Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Down with boring content in your presentation: make it entertaining

You can create an outline to synthesize the content and use words that stick in your audience's mind.

If you are going to present live, we recommend that you train your voice and practice:The best improvisation is always the one that is most rehearsed!

Show enthusiasm, flash a smile, and maintain eye contact with your audience: 'The eyes, chico. They never lie'. Leave them speechless.

Insert a great video for your presentation

And use this space to describe it. Multimedia content is essential in a presentation to leave everyone speechless. Additionally, this will help you synthesize the content and entertain your audience.

Animate your contentand take it to the next level

Animation adds value to our content by helping us capture attention, organize ideas, and make our audience remember the content.

Visual accompaniment manages to convince 67% of the audience