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Technology Inventions from 1998-2008

  • Google

    Google
    Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, a search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford University where they studied for their PhD's in computer science. The duo launched Google in 1998.
  • Bluetooth-Enabled Phone

    Bluetooth-Enabled Phone
    Bluetooth 1.0 was initially launched in 1999, however it wasn’t until 2000 when manufacturers and major mobile carriers began incorporating it into their products. The Ericsson T36 was one of the first Bluetooth-enabled phones to come to the market in June of 2000. Inventor was Jaap C. Haartsen.
  • Facebook

    Facebook
    Facebook is a website which allows users, who sign-up for free profiles, to connect with friends, work colleagues or people they don’t know, online. It allows users to share pictures, music, videos, and articles, as well as their own thoughts and opinions with however many people they like. Mark Zuckerberg was a Harvard computer science student when he, along with classmates Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes invented Facebook.
  • Youtube

    Youtube
    YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform owned by Google. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is the second most visited website, right after Google itself.
  • Android Phone

    Android Phone
    Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Inventors were Andy Rubin, Nick Sears and Rich Miners.