2000's Technology Timeline

  • January 10, 2001: Wikipedia.

    January 10, 2001: Wikipedia.
    Invented by Lawrence Mark Sanger. Sanger developed a website that catalogs information, which is easy to access, edit, and add to. The invention revolutionized the encyclopedia.
  • April 10, 2003: Blu-ray

    April 10, 2003: Blu-ray
    Blu-ray was invented by a group of people at the Blu-ray Disc Association. Blu-ray is newer alternative to the DVD. Blu-ray displays higher video quality and has more storage space than a DVD.
  • February 4, 2004: Facebook

    February 4, 2004: Facebook
    Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook in 2004. He designed a website that could act as a social hub for his college, which quickly expanded to be one of the most popular online social media platforms.
  • January 9, 2007: iPhone

    January 9, 2007: iPhone
    In 2004, Steve Jobs asked a group of people to design a touchscreen phone. Hardware Engineer Tony Fadell, software engineer Scott Forstall, and design engineer Johnathan Ive led a group of people who invented the iPhone. The phone was portable, could play music, run games, the Internet, make phone calls, text, and was touch screen.
  • November 19, 2007: Kindle

    November 19, 2007: Kindle
    In 2007, Gregg Zehr invented the Kindle for Amazon. The device was an innovative e-book reader, which allowed people to read books without need of a light. The Kindle takes up a lot less space than a stack of books do.