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APPLE IPOD
Our iPod adventure begins in October 2001, when Apple launched its first portable music player. The first incarnation of the device that was to revolutionize the music industry had a mechanical scroll wheel and launched with 5GB and 10GB capacities.
Inventor: Steve Jobs -
Android Founded
the company Android Inc was founded in Palo Alto, California. Its four founders were Rich Miner, Nick Sears, Chris White, and Andy Rubin. At the time of its public founding, Rubin was quoted as saying that Android Inc was going to develop “smarter mobile devices that are more aware of its owner’s location and preferences.”In 2005, the next big chapter in Android’s history was made when the original company was acquired by Google. -
Facebook
The original purpose of Facebook, or "The Facebook" as it was known then, was to allow Harvard students to connect with other students at the school. Then-student Mark Zuckerberg foresaw a way of bringing the existing social experience of college onto the Internet. With 2.3 billion users, Facebook is the most popular social media platform today.
Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes -
Blu-ray Disc
The Blu-ray Disc began as a research project in the early 2000s, but eventually became one of the go-to formats for high-definition video. The disc technology is capable of storing 1080p video and high definition audio.
Inventor: Blu-ray Association -
Bitcoin
In 2008, “Satoshi Nakamoto,” likely a pseudonym, publishes Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System, describing the use of peer-to-peer networks to generate a “crypto-currency.” In the Bitcoin system, users run software that searches for blocks of data, the discovery of which reward the users with Bitcoins. The transaction is recorded on the system though user information is private. These can then be used online much like cash in the real world.
