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Significant Inventions (2000 - 2009)

By jseagle
  • USB Flash Drives

    USB Flash Drives
    Dav Moran created the USB Flash Memory drives. These became commonplace for most students and professionals, before the invention of cloud storage.
  • Facebook

    Facebook
    Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook. This social media platform exploded to unfathomable heights. Originally, it connected communities, friends and family. However, in recent years it has been ripe with controversy, mainly due to their political alignment and hypocritical enforcement of ToS.
  • AWS Cloud-Based Services

    AWS Cloud-Based Services
    Amazon came out with the first consumer cloud based server access and systems. This saved countless organizations' time and infrastructure costs.
  • 1 TB HDD

    1 TB HDD
    The world's first 1 TB hard drive was released by Hitachi. More storage in a smaller space was a great benefit to personal and professional applications.
  • Bitcoin

    Bitcoin
    The true name of the inventor is unknown, but they go by Satoshi Nakamoto. The true identity is still unknown. The first cryptocurrency would pave the way for many others as the digital age of computing and financial transact-ability advanced.