The document discusses the history of technology from 1970 to 2003 presented at a consumer electronics fair. In the 1970s, audio devices like cassette tapes and headphones were introduced. By 1979, the fair began showcasing computers, which would revolutionize daily life. In 1985, home video game consoles arrived, with Nintendo becoming popular. Mobile phones were presented in the 1990s. Microsoft became a key player in 2003, with Bill Gates leading presentations until 2008, though the company participated through 2012.

1. The most innovative technologies
fifty years of history
1970
The seventies cassettes,
stereos and vinyl
In the year one
thousand night seventy-
one, mainly audio
devices were released,
such as compact
cassettes and recording
tapes, as well as
headphones, whose high
price reached fifty
dollars.
1979
By the end of the
seventies, it had already
become a major
consumer electronics
fair and in one
thousand nine hundred
seventy nine it presented
for the first time a
device that would
revolutionize our lives:
the computer.
1985
Later, in eighty-five,
another popular
invention would
arrive: the home video
game console, which
was presented by
Nintendo and would
star in an important
space in future
editions.
1990
In the nineties, mobile
telephony would arrive.
That year the event was
attended by more than
one thousand six
hundred journalists.
2003
In two thousand and three,
Microsoft would become a
key player and its CEO, Bill
Gates, the official face of
the presentations, until his
withdrawal from the event
in two thousand eight.
However, the company
would continue
participating until two
thousand twelve
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