Technology Advancements in My Lifetime

  • Windows 95

    Windows 95

    32-bit pre-emptive multitasking
  • MP3 Audio Format

    MP3 Audio Format

    A file format that leveled an entire industry. Movies are next.
  • Broadband introduced

    Broadband introduced

    Cable and Digital Subscriber Lines are becoming available in homes. Telecommuting becomes a real option for our society.
  • Google is introduced into our world

    Google is introduced into our world

    Worldwide search tool that is easy for users to access and use.
  • Wireless Ethernet Compatability Alliance formed

    Wireless Ethernet Compatability Alliance formed

    In August 1999, six companies—Intersil, 3Com, Nokia, Aironet (since purchased by Cisco), Symbol and Lucent (which has since spun off its components division to form Agere Systems)—got together to create the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA).
  • Web Ontology Language

    Web Ontology Language

    The start of the Semantic Web.
  • Office Communication Server offered

    Office Communication Server offered

    Intermedia launches first hosted Office Communications Server 2007 service
  • 360 hologram

    360 hologram

    Sony comes out with the 360 hologram. Are not sure what to use it for.
  • First Mobile App

    First Mobile App

    Intermedia launches its first mobile app. Mobile HostPilot is a mobile app for securely provisioning and managing Intermedia cloud services
  • End of Swipe and Sign credit card

    End of Swipe and Sign credit card

    Will stop swiping the credit card. Instead, you insert your card into a slot, where the machine will read a microchip, not a magnetic stripe. You’ll still be signing for the time being, but the new system also enables the use of PIN numbers, if card issuers decide to add them to their cards.