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First camera phone was introduced. Japan's SoftBank introduces the first camera phone, the J-Phone J-SH04. Cameras would become a significant part of most phones within a year, and several countries have even passed laws regulating their use.
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MySpace is one of the most important and helped define the second wave of social networking, developed by Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson.
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Nintendo Wii was introduced
The Wii Remote combined advanced gesture recognition into gaming, using accelerometer and optical sensor technologies to interact with the user. These advances allowed for games to incorporate a wide range of player physical movements. -
Dropbox was introduced, designed as a cloud-based service used for convenient storage and access to files.
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Apple launches the iPhone - a combination of web browser, music player and cell phone - which could download new functionality in the form of "apps" (applications) from the online Apple store
