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Adobe Photoshop by Thomas and John Knoll
Photoshop was the beginning of computer-based image altering. It allows users to upload their photos onto their computers and change the way they look. At first, it was just getting rid of things like red-eye and blurriness, but now no one knows if a photo was candidly taken or an original picture was made into a completely different one using this editing software. -
The World Wide Web by Tim-Berners Lee
The World Wide Web or what we now call the internet paved the way for modern communication. It is a digital network that allows the user to connect with other users across the globe. Instead of waiting weeks to get a letter in the mail, one could get information nearly instantly by calling up the information on their computer. -
Text Messaging by Neil Papworth
Texting allows people to send short text-based messages using their cell phones. If a person just wanted to let someone know when a certain event will be happening, or the date of an appointment, or a reminder to someone else, the text is often easier to get the point across than interrupting someone's day by calling them. It also introduced text-based lingo and was the precursor to instant messaging. -
The DVD by the Technical Working Group
The DVD allowed movies to be stored on digital discs as opposed to tapes. Instead of a few minutes worth of a song or computer program, hours worth of footage could be stored digitally. Data storage using digital devices continues to grow from here, with the amount of data you can store on a drive getting increasingly larger to the point where you can film 24 hours worth of footage and store it on a single drive. -
Google Search Engine by Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Scott Hassann
Previously, you had to know exactly where you were going to get to any page on the internet. Now, you can use a search engine like google to input terms related to the information you're looking for and get a number of relevant pages in return, based on Google's database. It makes finding scholarly information for research purposes, information on current events, and even random facts like how far away from Australia Arizona is in miles much faster to find out (the answer is around 8,500 miles).
