Technological Evolution

By mitchdevano

  • Facebook

    Facebook
    Mark Zuckerberg (with co-founders Andrew McCollum, Eduardo Saverin, Chris Hughes, and Dustin Moskovitz) Facebook while originally only available to ivy-league universities, then became available to the average user and overtook and dominated the social media domain for nearly a decade.

  • Iphone

    Iphone
    Apple Inc., led by Steve Jobs Pioneered the future of mobile technology by creating the first widely available technological multi-tool that was user friendly and accessible to the average consumer.

  • Android OS

    Android OS
    Android Inc., bought by Google (key people: Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, Chris White)
    Android found its niche in the mobile market and domain by providing an open-source software that allowed tech savvy consumers to modify, and security analysts to more readily test. Instead of being driven solely by proprietary engineers, the evolution of android was heavily influenced by the contributions of its user base.

  • Bitcoin

    Bitcoin
    Allegedly created by satoshi Nakamoto, but the true developer is still unknown. This was a radical idea even to this day. A decentralized currency that is not governed or controlled by any government or institution. It spurred one of the greatest transferences of wealth in all of history as nerds who spent $20 years ago suddenly became millionaires.

  • Ipad

    Ipad
    Apple Inc. The first touch screen tablet that was user-friendly, worked and was readily available to the average consumer. This entry into the market paved the way for all future tablets and is now leading into an industry that is overtaking laptops and making them obsolete.