IBM created the world's first smartphone 25 years ago
Mar 13, 2018 · The tech company IBM is widely credited with developing the world’s first smartphone – the bulky but rather cutely named Simon. It went on sale in 1994 and featured a touchscreen, email …
The iPhone is 10 years old. Watch as Steve Jobs unveils the very first
Jan 9, 2017 · It wasn't the first "smartphone," or the first phone with a camera. It wasn't the first mobile device to have a touchscreen, or to let users install apps. (In fact, the app store didn't even launch …
Repairing – not recycling – is the first step to tackling smartphone e ...
Jul 19, 2021 · The ability to repair phones will be key to conserving resources, tackling e-waste and climate mitigation, and building a circular economy for electronics.
How AI and other technology changed our lives – a timeline | World ...
Mar 14, 2024 · 2007: The iPhone 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 …
This is how the smartphone changed an entire generation
Aug 30, 2017 · New research is putting the first generation of kids to grow up with the smartphone into sharp relief.
Here’s how technology has changed the world since 2000
Nov 18, 2020 · From smartphones to social media and healthcare, here's a brief history of the ways in which technology has transformed our lives in the past 20 years.
Your smartphone has become your home, anthropologists say
May 26, 2021 · A new report from University College London looks at how people interact with and rely on their smartphones. For The Global Smartphone, researchers spent 16 months living in …
Jonathan Haidt says we need a digital day off every week
Mar 13, 2025 · Smartphone and social-media use have been linked with declines in academic performance and rises in mental health issues, according to Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious …
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. There are now more mobile phones (8.58 billion) than people (7.95 billion) on the planet.
How Japan is tackling the rising tide of smartphone addiction
Oct 7, 2025 · A specialized clinic for 'smartphone dementia' In June 2025, Japan’s first outpatient clinic specializing in “smartphone dementia” opened in Tokyo. The condition refers to temporary dementia …