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The release of reliable civilian GPS
2000
Global Positioning systems
USAF
GPS was officially released from commercial/military use reliably in 2000 allowing for its implementation into every single piece of technology starting with car-based units diverging into handheld GPS devices and eventually manifesting into mobile devices resulting in the near complete dissipation of the use of paper-based cartography. -
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The 2000's
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The Creation of the Ipod
2001
Apple iPod Generation 1
The creation of the iPod was heightened by Steve Jobs but was actually spearheaded by Tony Fadell a designer hired by the Head of engineering at Apple Jon Rubenstein, The iPod was the first successful mainstream mp3 player with a functional GUI and digital low-power LCD display. -
TOR the Dark Web Super Highway is Released
2002
TOR Onion Web Browser
made for the US Navy Improved on by Roger Dingledine and Nick Mathewson
TOR has been used as a gateway for the dark web however the "dark" has negative connations aside from the obvious illegal activities it has been used as a safe release platform for previously redacted or hidden information that governments hid from their citizens in order to maintain oppressive control. Tor went into full-service mainstream however in 2006. -
The Creation of Android
2003
Android Micro OS
Originally founded by Andy Rubin and Rich Miner. Purchased and further improved by the dev teams at Google.
Android is a mobile phone operating system that operates on a more compact and efficent computer system its mainstream implementation led to the creation of the first smart phone which was the corner stone for all current mobile phone technology. -
The Founding of Youtube
2005
Youtube
Developed by Jawed Karim while at Stanford
Almost every single person uses or has used YouTube it was one of the first major video sites on the internet and at the time of its founding video was very expensive to store and publish on the internet. -
Release of the iPhone
2007
The Apple iPhone
Designed by Jon Rubinstein and Scott Forstall powered by MAC OS-X developed by Scott Forstall
It was the first major smartphone to utilize cellular data connectivity as well as GPS and a Camera and shot Apple to the top of the handheld industry as a key player still to this day holding 15% market share as a single corporate entity. -
Release of Windows 7
2009
Windows OS version 7
Unnamed Windows software engineers
Windows 7 was the most used computer operating system in history to this day no other system comes close in terms of sheer implementation chances are slim that if you have ever used a computer you have not used Windows 7 or XP vista.