Technology Progression

  • Apple IPod

    Apple IPod
    The iPod was a series of portable media players and multi-purpose mobile devices designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Invented by Tony Faddell. Now has 32 models and still used by some these days.
  • Android Founded

    Android Founded
    Android Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California, in October 2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White. Original vision didn't include phones, it was on cameras. They then pivoted their vision after meeting with investing, their plan to compete with others like Blackberry was to create a free platform that would sell other services, apps, and games. In this way, the team felt it would be easier to grow and partner with phone makers.
  • YouTube

    YouTube
    Social media platform and website for sharing videos. It was registered by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of the American e-commerce company PayPal. They had the idea that ordinary people would enjoy sharing their “home videos.” 207 billion people use YouTube per month currently.
  • IPhone

    IPhone
    Invented by Henri Lamiraux and Scott Forstall developed the iphone software. The history of the iPhone development by Apple Inc. spans from the early 2000s to about 2010. The first iphone was released in 2007. Iphone put the internet in everyone's pocket. They have since released 42 different models. There currently 120 million iphone users today.
  • Fit Bit Tracker

    Fit Bit Tracker
    Fitbit was founded in early 2007 by James Park and Eric Friedman, who saw the potential for using sensors in small, wearable devices first one released was in 2009.Although Fitbit has many competitors today, most notably the Apple Watch, the idea of gathering data on personal activity to help drive health and fitness has been gaining traction ever since that first Fitbit. With the increased cost of healthcare, and the need for us all to get healthy, they found a way to manage health better.