Technology Advances in my Lifetime

  • First smarthpone released

    First smarthpone released
    In 1992 IBM showcased the IBM Simon at the 1992 COMDEX in doing so they introduced the world to the first smartphone and it was just the kind of enormous brick one would expect from the first phone/computer mashup. I did not recieve my first smartphone 2012, but recieving a smartphone definitely changed my life.
  • GPS was created

    GPS was created
    GPS is a satellite-based navigation system made up of a network of 24 satellites placed into orbit by the U.S. Department of Defense.
  • Amazon was invented

    Amazon was invented
    Is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest Internet-based retailer in the United States. It is the largest seller of software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys and jewelry and many more things. Amazon makes it easy to order things have with Amazon prime i could easily get it to my house within 2 days. Amazon has changed my life.
  • Netflix was created

    Netflix was created
    Netflix Inc. is an international provider of on-demand Internet streaming media available to viewers in all of North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and parts of Europe, and of flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States, where mailed DVDs and Blu-ray are sent via Permit Reply Mails.
  • Google was created

    Google was created
    Google is a search engine that millions of people use everyday. It helps people get information quickly to their fingertips without having to do any work. Google has changed my life because I can get any information that i want with the click of a button.
  • The iPod was released

    The iPod was released
    The iPod is a line of portable media players and multi-purpose pocket computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first line was released on October 23, 2001, about 8½ months after iTunes (Macintosh version) was released. The most recent iPod redesigns were announced on July 15, 2015. There are three current versions of the iPod: the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle, the compact iPod Nano and the touchscreen iPod Touch.
  • Facebook was founded

    Facebook was founded
    Facebook is a social networking website that makes it easy for you to connect and share with your family and friends online. Originally designed for college students, Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg while he was enrolled at Harvard University. Facebook had a big impact on my life. It connected me to my family and friends and I learned how to use social media by facebook being invented.
  • Gmail was created

    Gmail was created
    Gmail has had a very large impact on my life. Ever since i eneted highschool I would be nothing without my email. I get teacher updates, coupons, and emails from colleges that have helped me keep in the loop.
  • The iPhone was released

    The iPhone was released
    The history of the iPhone line of phones begins with a direction from Steve Jobs to Apple Inc.'s engineers, whereby he asked them to investigate touchscreens and a tablet computer, which later came to fruition with the iPad Also, many have noted the device's similarities to Apple's previous touch-screen portable device, the Newton MessagePad. Like the Newton, the iPhone is nearly all screen. Its form factor is credited to Apple's head of design, Jonathan Ive.
  • iOS 8 was released

    iOS 8 was released
    iOS 8 changed my life because it made iPhones easier and more functional. It was a big step in iPhones' history and helped many iPhone owners be able to maneuver their iPhones easier.