Technology Innovations By jmacdon1 Period: Jan 1, 1996 to Jan 1, 2012 Technology Innovations Jan 3, 1996 U.S. Robotics introduces the PalmPilot PalmPilot Mar 1, 1997 First DVD players become available in the U.S. DVD Players Sep 4, 1998 Google files for incorporation in California Google Mar 31, 1999 The movie, "The Matrix", was released. One of the early computer generated movies with a budget of $65,000,000. The Matrix Jan 4, 2000 Creation of the Mac version of Napster, a free music sharing program is released. Napster In 2000, Metallica filed a lawsuit against Napster. Jan 15, 2001 Wikipedia , on-line open source encyclopedia, is launched. Wikipedia Nov 3, 2001 Nintendo Gamecube is released. GameCube Jan 4, 2002 iBook with a 14.1" screen is introduced in January.Cost $1799. iBook Aug 4, 2003 MySpace, an on-line social network is founded. MySpace.com Feb 4, 2005 Google Maps goes live! Google Maps Oct 9, 2006 Google purchases YouTube for $1.65 billion dollars. YouTube Jan 9, 2007 Apple introduces the iPhone, a revolutionary mobile phone iPhone Sep 4, 2008 Google releases its new Web browser, Google Chrome. Google Chrome Oct 26, 2009 Apple releases the iPhone 3GS & download of 1 billionth iphone app from the App Store 3GS Apr 4, 2010 Apple releases the iPad tablet. iPad Jan 4, 2011 Internet Explorer 9.0 is released. Internet Explorer 9.0
