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Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American man born 28 October 1955 in Seattle. Bill Gates is the co-founder with Paul Allen of the currently biggest company in software development Micro.soft. Microsoft was founded the 4 April 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Microsoft are the creators of the very famous gaming console Xbox. Xbox 360 is number 8 in the best selling game console of all time. They have also created the famous operating system Microsoft Office and Microsoft Window. -
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is a company founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in April 1th 1976. Apple made their way into the market by creating their first computer design Apple I(1) which sold 200 copies. Their second model Apple II was the computer that made them big. Between 1982 and 1985 Apple II accounted for 16% of the home computer market. In 1984 Apple released Macintosh which was the first pc with menus, "drag & drop", trash can and double clicks. iPhone first phone with touchscreen. -
Social media
The first Social media app created was called six degrees and was created in 1977 by Andrew Weinreich, it had a peak of 1 million users and worked as facebook.
Facebook is a social media platform were people are able to post pictures, send messages and make new friends.Facebook was launched in February 4th 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. It has 22,3 billion active users, it's available on phones and more. Facebook paved the way for other social media apps like Myspace, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. -
Global Positioning System
Gps is the shortening for Global Positioning System. Gps is a satellite navigation system created by the US department of defense. The first satellite was sent to space in February 1978. The gps was primarily created for military use but was later available for use by civilians. Today the gps helps you travel to a destination when you're for example driving a boat, bus, car, bike or a plane, I'ts also used by the military. You can find a gps on your phone or you can buy a portable gps. -
Elon Musk
Elon musk is a man born in South Africa. He's the vd of Tesla and space x. Tesla created the first electric powered sport car which was also the first car they created. The car is called Tesla roadster and it reached a top speed at 201 km/h and it went from 0-100 in 3,7 seconds. Since then Tesla has created 4 more different models. A CUV, two sedans, and a pickup truck. Tesla was ranked as the best selling battery and plug-in car in 2019. It's also a clean energy company.