5.+Technology+Revolution

On October 23, 2001, Apple announced that they were releasing a portable music player, the iPod. Several months before this announcement, Apple released iTunes, a place to digitally store and convert CDs to digital audio files. The man who created the first iPod with the help of Apple and a company called PortalPlayer was Tony Fadell. He worked for Apple as an independent contractor with a team of 30 people to create the MP3 player in early 2001. Since this first iPod, there has been an iPod fascination. From the first iPod classic to the Nano, Mini, iTouch to the iPhone, the iPod has skyrocketed Apples success. In early 2010, it was reported that 20% of Americans own some sort of iPod. This is 50 million people, which shows how popular the device is. In 2004, a new online social network was formed that would impact the global internet. This social network is called Facebook. In July of 2010, it was named largest social network in the world with over 500 million users worldwide. Facebook was founded by Harvard sophomore, Mark Zuckerberg who created the website so that Harvard students could connect with each other and meet new people. As the websites popularity increased, Facebook branched out to all college and high school students. Today, both teenagers and adults use Facebook. The website has rapidly grown, doubling its size in 2009 alone. Facebook quickly outdated many other social networks such as MySpace in the United States and many other networks globally. Facebook is so popular today that a movie about it called “The Social Network,” will be released in October 2010. Facebook has provided a way to share things and reconnect with friends all over the world. Most Americans check their Facebook about once a day and enjoy using it so look at pictures, videos and other posts from friends. media type="youtube" key="S-lYcXAu_Sw?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="center"