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A primitive version of the inernet is invented for the US department of defense.
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Ray Tomlinson creates a way for electronic mail to be sent.
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Motorolla engineer Martin Cooper creates the first truely portable cell phone.
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The first "portable" computer is introduced... a 24 lb suitcase-sized device.
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Microsoft inroduces the first Windows, allowing PC users to simply move and click a mouse to input commands instead of typing them.
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Tim Berners-Lee created HTML and HTTP and is credited with creating the World Wide Web.
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Microsoft launches Microsoft Office, which includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Each app has its own file extension. For example, Word 2010 uses Docx. and Excel uses Xlsx.
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Jeff Hawkins invents the Palm Pilot.
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The first smartphone is introduced by IBM. It includes a calander, address book, calculator, email service, as well as a touch screen; however, it costs $899.
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The first text message was sent from a personal computer to a cell phone in Great Britain
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The domain yahoo.com was officialy created and quickly became a very popular search engine.
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Microsoft introduced Internet explorer, a widely used and popular web browser.
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Salesforce introduces buisness apps over the internet.
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Before 2000, the US government purposely degraded GPS signals to the public for security reasons. Now the obstacle was lifted and GPS became more accurate and widely used. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.
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Although texting was already possible in Europe, it wasn't until 2000 that AT&T made it possible to text in the US. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.
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Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, provided a mountain of easily accessable information. This is also one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.
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Apple released its first portable music playing device. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.
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The first camera phones were introduced in the North American market and became extremely popular. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.
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Apple released Safari, its own web browser, to the public. This is now the standard iOS web browser for all mobile Apple devices.
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Toyota introduces the first gas-electric car. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.
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College Student Mark Zuckerburg created Facebook as a social networking site for college students. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life as well as a great example of web 2.0 and cloud computing.
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Google, Inc. became open to the public after being a private company since 1998.
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This popular and innovative video-sharing website is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life and an example of web 2.0 and cloud computing.
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Amazon.com created a way for buisnesses to rent computers to run their apps- the first widely accessible cloud computing service.
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Nintendo invented the Wii and changed the way video games are played. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.
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The first iPhone is introduced by Apple. This is one of the 10 biggest technology inventions that I use in my everyday life.
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The Android Mobile Operating System is unveiled and is used on most non-Apple smartphones.
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Apple's iOS operating system is officially recognized. This system is now in use for iPods, iPhones, and iPads.
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In 2008, Apple launched the App Store to accompany the iPhone.
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The Android Market, later renamed Google Play, is launched.
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Google's web browser is introduced to the public.
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Bing, Microsoft's search engine, was released to the public.
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Google introduces Google Apps, which enables consumers to store large amounts of information such as emails, documents, and presentaions in the cloud. This is a perfect example of cloud computing.
