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IBM and Lenovo logos
IBM had become merely another player in a crowded marketplace. Lenovo purchased IBM's personal computer business in 2005. Lenovo became the largest manufacturer of PCs in the world with the acquisition, later also acquiring IBM's server line of computers. -
.Nintendo Wii comes to market Graphics & Games
Nintendo's Wii game system introduces new games and controllers & new ways of interacting with game systems. The Wii Remote combined advanced gesture recognition into gaming. These advances allowed for games to incorporate a wide range of player physical movements. Wii Fit, Wii Tennis and Wii Boxing were all games that heavily relied on the new motion sense tech. The Wii console also is known for the iconic Wii background music. -
Amazon Web Services Launches Cloud-Based Services Memory & Storage
Amazon Web Services is launched. It introduced a number of web services & allowed users to rent virtual time on the cloud while only paying for what was used. With the cloud companies did not need to maintain infrastructure on their own Additionally, it saved space in the form of less onsite server room square footage. Similar services, like Google Drive, followed suit and created their own proprietary services. -
The Amazon Kindle is released
Companies have been attempting to release electronic reading systems since the 90's. The Kindle was one of the first to gain a large following of customers. The first Kindle featured wireless access to content via Amazon.com, along with an SD card slot allowing increased storage. The first release proved so popular there was a long delay in delivering systems on release. -
Steve Jobs introducing MacBook Air The MacBook Air is released Computers
Apple introduces their first ultra notebook – a light, thin laptop with high-capacity battery. This iPad came with a load of new features including integrated camera and Wi-Fi capabilities. To reduce its size, the traditional hard drive was replaced with a solid-state disk. They were first mass-market computer to do so.