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1990's Inventions
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Adobe Photoshop
Created by Thomas and John Knoll in 1987 and sold to Adobe during 1990, this program made digital art and graphic design more accessible and is still used frequently for similar purposes today. -
First text message sent
Invented by Neil Papworth, texting has made communication across long and short distances so much easier, and made plan coordination and socializing so much easier to do. -
World Wide Web
The world wide web, or the internet, is released to the public. It was created by Tim Berners-Lee to make the information stored in computers more accessible. -
First PlayStation released
Created by Ken Kutaragi, a Sony executive, this gaming console would become one of the dominating line of consoles that people look to when they want to play games. -
Tamagotchi
Created by the company Bandai, this was one of the first virtual pet games. It likely was one of the pioneers for the virtual pet gaming genre, followed later by games like Neopets and Webkinz. -
Google Search Engine is launched
Originally a research project of the World Wide Web called BackRub, created by Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Scott Hassan, Google is one of the most prevalent search engines used today and has made accessing the information stored in the internet even easier.