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Internet
On Christmas of 1990, Tim Berners-Lee has prototyped possibly the most influential invention of human history. He calls it WorldWideWeb. It featured URLs and the first browser! -
SMS
The first SMS (text) message was sent in December saying "merry Christmas". Engineer Neil Papworth created a very convenient idea that wasn't widely grasped and appreciated until much later. -
DVDs
DVDs or digital video discs were invented in 1995 and released in 1996. Tech giants Sony and Phillips teamed up to create this revolutionary piece of equipment. It made the transferring of data much easier and more compact, as well as made captions possible. -
MP3 Player
Something that seems a bit dated now was an incredible invention when it came out. When we think of listening to music now, it is almost always digital. The "Father of the MP3" Karlheinz Brandenburg started it all by encoding "Tom's Diner" for the first digital song ever. -
Google
The Godfather of any question, idea, reference, or any other use of the internet. Google was made by PhD students Larry Page and Sergey Brin just 25 years ago. Today it is beyond a household name, with its estimated $420 BILLION net worth.
