Technology created since 1997

  • The Ipod

    The Ipod was created by Apple inc. 300 million Ipods have been sold worldwide as of October 2011.
  • Wikipedia

    There are over four million articles in the English Wikipedia alone. As of October 2012, Wikipedia has been able to be viewed in 285 languages.
  • Xbox

    Manufactured by Microsoft. The integrated Xbox Live service launched in November 2002 allowed players to play games online with a broadband connection.
  • MySpace

    In April 2008, Myspace was overtaken by Facebook in the number of unique worldwide visitors, and was surpassed in the number of unique U.S. visitors in May 2009.
  • Facebook

    As of September 2012, Facebook has over one billion active users, more than half of them using Facebook on a mobile device.
  • YouTube

    Youtube is a video sharing website, created by three PayPal employees in February of 2005.
  • Twitter

    Created by Jack Dorsey. As of 2012 there are 500 million active users worldwide, generating over 340 million tweets daily and handling over 1.6 billion search queries per day.
  • The Iphone

    Designed and marketed by Apple inc. There have been 6 generations of the Iphone so far as of September 2012 when the Iphone5 came out.
  • The Kindle

    Developed by Amazon.com. The Kindle came of it's name by branding consultant Michael Cronan and partner Karin Hibma suggested Kindle, meaning to light a fire. They felt this was an apt metaphor for reading and intellectual excitement.
  • Ipads

    Designed by Apple inc. The iPad runs on iOS, the same operating system used on Apple's iPod Touch and iPhone, and can run its own applications as well as iPhone applications..