Technology+1996-2011

**Since you were born, what has happened in the world of technology?**
 * Tell the World Your Story**

Global Y2K Problem
//by: Angel and Maria// The global Y2K (year 2000) problem was caused by programmers using two digit for the year for when programming dates for computers. Consequently, when the year 2000 came, it was believed that computers would not know of the year was 1900 or 2000, causing many critical programs to malfunction.

Governments and businesses across the world had important documents and top secret items saved to their databases that they couldn’t afford to lose, so they spent between $200 and $500 billion trying to keep programs from malfunctioning.

It was believed that the Y2K bug would disrupt electricity, water services, food deliveries, different banking systems, and transportation throughout the world. However, the corrective action by businesses and governments avoided such a disaster.

Works Cited:Wikipedia contributors. "Y2K." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 19 Jul. 2010. Web. 23 Sep. 2011.

iPod
//by: Devin and Lauren// An I Pod is a digital music player that was released by Apple Computers in 2001. It was created by Tony Fadell, and then sold to Apple.

With the I Pod you can listen to music. With newer I Pods you are able to play games and search the web! The newest I Pod right now is the I Pod touch forth generation. It can hold up to 100,000 songs!

The first I Pod that came out October 2001 was simply named the I Pod. More than 500 people bought it within the first week. media type="youtube" key="TSqNHGJw2qI?fs=1" height="265" width="320" Works Cited: Wikipedia contributors. "IPods." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 4 May. 2008. Web. 23 Sep. 2011.

iTunes
//by: Chloe, Gabe E., Gabe O. and Izayah// iTunes is owned by the Apple Corporation and was opened to the public on January 9th, 2001. iTunes is a digital media player program, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on an iPod, iPhone, and iPad.

iTunes was created so that people could purchase music by downloading mp3 files to their computers.

With iTunes you are able to keep your music on your computer or take it everywhere you go by using an iPod, iPhone, or iPad.

Works Cited: "Wikipedia." N.p., 23/09/2011. Web. 23 Sep 2011. .

YouTube
//by: Bayley and Kirk// YouTube, a site that lets you share, upload, and watch videos, was created in 2005. Since late 2006, YouTube has been owned by Google. It is the second biggest search engine in the world.

YouTube is used for many reasons and is important to many people. Some people use it for their own entertainment purposes, such as listening to the latest music and viewing comedy.

YouTube isn’t just used for fun, though. Some people use it to promote their websites and jobs. Some also post videos for educational purposes.

Currently, YouTube has over 85,000,000 users registered. The user, Ray William Johnson, is number one most subscribed on the website right now with almost 5 million subscribers. Forty-eight hours of videos are uploaded every single minute. YouTube also receives over 3 billion views a day. Thirteen million hours of videos were uploaded in 2010. YouTube is HUGE all over the world. media type="youtube" key="qybUFnY7Y8w" height="186" width="336" Works Cited: New YouTube Statistics: 48 Hours of Video Uploaded Per Minute; 3 Billion Views Per Day. .

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XBox
//by: Michael// “The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of theseventh generation of video game consoles. As of March 31, 2011, there are over 53.6 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide”

When most of the Xbox games are sold they always reach over a million sold in the U.S.A. The best game sold is Black Opp.

Works Cited: Wikipedia contributors. "Xbox 360." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 23 Sep. 2011. Web. 23 Sep. 2011.

Facebook
//by: Josh S. Noah, Maggie, and Noah// Face book is a social networking site that was created by Mark Zuckerberg in his college dorm room at Harvard College in October 2003 with the help of his friends, Eduardo Severin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.

Face book has helped the Internet increase the amount of connectivity throughout the world. Nearly every country uses Facebook Face book has more than 750 million users throughout the entire world.

Some say that Face book is a dangerous because it causes problems, while others say it is a great way to meet new people. There have been some controversies surrounding Facebook, such as cyberbullying, hate crimes, and other crimes. Conversely, families across the globe have been reunited using Facebook. media type="youtube" key="lB95KLmpLR4" height="187" width="336" More here. Works Cited: Wikipedia contributors. "Facebook." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 23 Sep. 2011. Web. 23 Sep. 2011

Text Messaging
//by: Alex G. and Waverly// Text messaging- short messages that get sent from person to person via cell phone- was introduced in December 1989 and is now the second most used computer based tool.Text messaging now makes communication easier for people.

People can send information from person to person by simply typing the message with their cell phone. Before texting, people had to voice call from their cell phone, and if they couldn’t connect or get a hold of the other person they wanted to talk to, they would have to call that person again later.

With texting, people don’t have to worry about not getting to talk to that other person when they need to. Texting also benefits people with hearing loss. Before text messaging, deaf people had to write handwritten letters to communicate with others. Now, they can simply text message and show the screen to hearing people. Almost all deaf people carry a cell phone or some kind of texting device every day.

Texting is the second most used technology used in the world. This means that people text everywhere. This can be dangerous if people text while driving. However, recent advances, such as speech-to-text software, make that process safer. media type="youtube" key="wuW3bdsoRV0" height="187" width="336" Works Cited: Wikipedia contributors. "Text Messaging." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 15 Dec. 2007. Web. 23 Sep. 2011.gb