Advances in Technology

Microsoft releases DirectX 2.0a and 3.0

Jun 5, 1996

Microsoft releases DirectX 2.0a (4.03.00.1096) on June 5, 1996.
Microsoft releases DirectX 3.0 (4.04.00.0068) on June 5, 1996.

First CSS Specification published on W3C

Dec 17, 1996

Cascading Style Sheets, level 1

IEEE introduces the wireless network standard

Jun 3, 1997

IEEE introduced 802.11 the wireless (WiFi) network standard in June 1997.

iTunes released on Mac

Jan 9, 2001

Apple first releases iTunes on the Mac January 9, 2001.

Adobe releases Photoshop 7.0

Mar 1, 2002

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 is released in March of 2002.

MySpace is launched

Jan 1, 2004

MySpace official site is launched January 2004.

Apple TV released

Jan 9, 2007

Apple releases the first Apple TV January 9, 2007.

Gmail leaves beta status

Jul 7, 2009

After more than five years in beta, Gmail finally gets out of beta July 7, 2009.

Apple introduces iOS7

Sep 18, 2013

Apple introduces iOS7 on September 18, 2013.

You can now watch Netflix on a virtual reality headset

Oct 3, 2015

Netflix and Virtual Reality