Technology Innovations

Technology Innovations

Period: Jan 1, 1996 to Jan 1, 2012

U.S. Robotics introduces the PalmPilot

Jan 3, 1996

PalmPilot

First DVD players become available in the U.S.

Mar 1, 1997

DVD Players

Google files for incorporation in California

Sep 4, 1998

Google

The movie, "The Matrix", was released. One of the early computer generated movies with a budget of $65,000,000.

Mar 31, 1999

The Matrix

Creation of the Mac version of Napster, a free music sharing program is released.

Jan 4, 2000

Napster
In 2000, Metallica filed a lawsuit against Napster.

Wikipedia , on-line open source encyclopedia, is launched.

Jan 15, 2001

Wikipedia

Nintendo Gamecube is released.

Nov 3, 2001

GameCube

iBook with a 14.1" screen is introduced in January.Cost $1799.

Jan 4, 2002

iBook

MySpace, an on-line social network is founded.

Aug 4, 2003

MySpace.com

Google Maps goes live!

Feb 4, 2005

Google Maps

Google purchases YouTube for $1.65 billion dollars.

Oct 9, 2006

YouTube

Apple introduces the iPhone, a revolutionary mobile phone

Jan 9, 2007

iPhone

Google releases its new Web browser, Google Chrome.

Sep 4, 2008

Google Chrome

Apple releases the iPhone 3GS & download of 1 billionth iphone app from the App Store

Oct 26, 2009

3GS

Apple releases the iPad tablet.

Apr 4, 2010

iPad

Internet Explorer 9.0 is released.

Jan 4, 2011

Internet Explorer 9.0