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Born
William Sheppard was born on November 23, 1999. -
iTunes Released
ITunes, original known as SoundJam MP until it was purchased by Apple, was created by Bill Kincaid. ITunes allows people to buy music through their iPods, iPhones, or Apple computers. During the first week of release, iTunes customers bought over a million songs. -
YouTube Created
YouTube was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim in 2005. YouTube is used today as a website to view and post videos. The first video posted on YouTube was by Jawed Karim. In 2009, YouTube was sold to Google. -
Twitter Created
Twitter was created by Evan Williams, Noah Glass, Jack Dorsey, and Biz Stone in 2006. Twitter is a social media app to post "tweets", pictures, and videos. Twitter is one of the most famous apps and is still extremely popular today. -
Nintendo Wii Released
The Wii was released by Nintendo in 2006 as a video game console. The Wii was created when Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to focus on a new form of player interaction. The Nintendo Wii's main competition is the Microsoft Xbox. -
First iPhone Released
In 2007, Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, released the iPhone 3GS. The iPhone 3GS is very different to the iPhones today, but it was a very technologically advanced smart phone at the time. Within the first weekend of the iPhone's release, over one million phones were sold. -
First Kindle Released
Amazon released its first Kindle in 2007. The Kindle was Amazon's first e-reader, and within five and a half hours after the release, all units were sold out. Amazon has released many different generations of Kindles since the first. -
Got My Dog
On Christmas in 2007, I got my first dog, Jack. -
iPad Released
Apple released its first iPad in 2010. The iPad was Apple's first touchscreen tablet. Within the first eighty days that the iPad was released, over three million iPads were sold. has since released five different iPads since the first iPad's release. -
Graduated Elementary School
William Sheppard graduated Shady Grove Elementary School on June 10, 2011 when he was 11 years old. -
Tesla Car Released
The Tesla Car was one of the first modern electric cars produced by Elon Musk. The Tesla is much safer to the environment than gas powered cars. The starting price today is at $101,500, but the price will soon go down so that the car can be affordable to many. -
Graduated Middle School
William Sheppard graduated Short Pump Middle School on June 13, 2014 when he was 14 years old. -
First Day of High School
On September 9, 2014, William Sheppard attended his first day at Deep Run High School as a freshman. -
Got Driver's License
On February 23, 2016, William Sheppard got his driver's license. -
Citations
https://www.tesla.com/
http://whoinventedme.net/when-was-youtube-created/
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-twitter-was-founded-2011-4
https://www.cnet.com/news/nintendo-wii-release-details-nov-19-250-with-a-game-included/
http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/a-history-of-the-amazon-kindle
http://www.imore.com/history-ipad-2010
https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/04/28Apple-Launches-the-iTunes-Music-Store.html
http://www.imore.com/history-iphone-3gs
https://www.wikipedia.org/
