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Linux
In 1991, Linus Torvalds was in his second year at the University of Helsinki when he began developing the industry-changing open source Linux operating system. He originally set out to build a new operating system for his Intel PC, but Torvalds ended up creating one of the largest platforms for internet companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter. -
Text Message
In 1992 Neil Papworth, a former developer at Sema Group Telecoms, successfully sent the first text message to Richard Jarvis, a director at Vodafone. At the time, cell phones didn't have keyboards, so Papworth typed his "Merry Christmas" message on a PC. The Nokia 1011 (next image) was the first mobile phone to support SMS text messages. -
Playstation
On December 3, 1994, Sony released the first PlayStation in Japan. The Playstation , which sold for 37,000 yen (about $ 387), skyrocketed in popularity and was considered Sony's most important product since the Walkman . It was released in the US in September 1995 and was an instant hit. -
DVD
The replacement for VHS, DVD (short for "digital video disc") was developed in 1995 and released in 1996. In addition, the world's first DVD player, the Toshiba SD-3000, instantly became popular. No single company or person can be credited for the invention of DVD - several tech companies created variations and each came to an agreement on one format, thus avoiding a repeat of VHS and Betamax competition. -
Google
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin met in 1995 at Stanford University. In 1996, the two were writing a program for a search engine called Backrub, and after the success of this platform, Brin and Page registered the domain name Google.com in 1997. They continued to develop what would become the largest search engine. of the world of all time in the garage of her friend Susan Wojcicki (current director of YouTube). Google was officially incorporated as a company in September 1998.