In fact, with the spike in video-sharing, actual text is shrinking (meet SnapChat, Instagram Stories, Facebook Stories, Periscope, Vine, etc. We’ve watched texting evolve from sending text-only messages (literally texting) to the addition of imagery, thanks to the viral spread of gifs, memes, emojies and bitmojies. MySpace, YourSpace, BookFace: The Social Media Awakening Thankfully, as more people found value in the Internet, technology took off to eliminate having to use a phone line to go online and instead delivered faster connections to the World Wide Web. For people living during that time, the sound of the painfully slow dial up signal connecting to the Internet is a not-so-fond memory (EEEE-AAAAAHH!!!!). Looking back to the 1990’s, the Internet was a new commodity many, but not all, households and businesses began to gain access.
Here is just a brief glimpse into how rapidly the Internet and technology as a whole have evolved in recent years. To be fair, the scope of technology’s expanse is so great, wrapping everything up into a single blog post is practically impossible. With the lightning speed of technological evolution, it is no wonder many people have struggled to keep up.
With each new upgrade technology compounds existing technologies to create something better than what was previously used before. For example, search engines were created to sort through the massive amounts of data online. Purpose Drives Technology ForwardĪll technologies are born out of purpose. To understand how we left the dark ages (which really wasn’t all that long ago) to where we are today, it is important to understand how technology evolves and why it matters. In a very short amount of time, technology has exploded in the market and now, many people cannot imagine a life without it. Smartphones, tablets and computers – we really can’t seem to function without them. The Evolution of Technology: Past, Present and Future