advances in technology since 1990

yahoo

Jan 1, 1994

To keep track of Web sites of interest to them, two Stanford students created “Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web” which soon was renamed Yahoo!.

wikipedia

Jan 15, 2001

Wikipedia, the largest and most popular general reference site on the web was launched in 2001

ipod

Oct 23, 2001

Apple released the iPod

facebook

Feb 4, 2004

Facebook (limited to Harvard students only) started this year.

youtube

Feb 1, 2005

YouTube, the first video sharing site came online in 2005

twitter

Mar 1, 2006

Twitter, the micro blogging site opened

googledocs

Jun 6, 2006

Google releases GoogleDocs providing free web-based spreadsheets and word processing tools.

iphone

Jun 29, 2007

Apple introduces the iPhone in June revolutionizing the mobile phone industry

ipad

Jan 27, 2010

Apple introduced the iPad

kindle fire

Feb 9, 2011

Amazon releases the Kindle Fire tablet