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Alan Shugart leads a team of IBM engineers who invent the "floppy disk," allowing data to be shared among computers. The floppy disk allowed computers to share data.
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Robert Metcalfe, a research staff member of Xerox, develops Ethernet for connecting multiple computers and other hardware to Wi-Fi.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started Apple Computers on April Fool's Day and introduced the Apple I. According to Stanford University, it is the first computer with a single-circuit board.
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Apple's Lisa is the first personal computer with a GUI (graphic user interface). It also includes a drop-down menu and icons. The computer fails, but it eventually turns into the Macintosh. The Macintosh also has a keyboard and mouse along with the GUI.
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Commodore unveils the Amiga 1000, which features advanced audio and video capabilities.
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Sergey Brin and Larry Page develop the Google search engine at Stanford University, which allowed people to search up websites quicker and more efficient.
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The term “Wi-Fi” becomes part of the computing language and users begin connecting to the Internet without ethernet wires.
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Youtube was founded. This was a service where people could create and watch videos internationally.
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Apple introduces the MacBook Pro, its first Intel-based, dual-core mobile computer, as well as an Intel-based iMac
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Apple presents the iPad, changing the way consumers look at media and the way to the dormant tablet computer segment. The IPad was bigger than a smartphone, but smaller than a laptop and is able to be portable. It had many of the same features of a phone, but was not on a data plan.
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Jenna - got her first iPod in September of 2nd grade. Her iPod allowed her to listen to music and play games electronically whenever she wanted.
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Danielle - got her first phone (Iphone ) for her 10th birthday. This allowed her to communicate with her parents in case an emergency happened. Also, it caused her phone bill to increase by a lot.
