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USB Flash Drive
The first USB flash drive was patented in 1999 by Israeli company M-Systems and sold in 2000 by IBM. USB flash drives made it easier the transfer files from one computer to the other and serves as a way to backup files. (https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/10-things-you-didnt-realize-were-invented-in-the-2000s/295841) -
Blu-ray disc
Blu-ray disc where invented in 2002. It had greater storage capacity and provided higher quality videos than CD's and DVD's.
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Facebook
In 2005, Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, which became one of the worlds largest social media platform. Facebook today has approximately 2.99 billion users.
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YouTube
In 2005, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim created YouTube. YouTube has become the worlds largest video sharing. YouTube has over 2 billion active users today.
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(https://thesocialshepherd.com/blog/youtube-statistics#:~:text=YouTube%20has%202.1%20billion%20monthly,122%20million%20users%20per%20day.) -
iPhone
In 2007, Steve Jobs invented and introduced the world to the iPhone. The iPhone set the standards for what the smartphone phone is today with many other phone manufacturers manufacturing there product similar to the iPhone.
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