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Shelly Osthus (example)

VCRs become a staple in most homes, alongside the rise of home video rental stores like Blockbuster.

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Kyle Downey

Net Day and Bill Clinton's 1996 call to wire all schools to the internet and provide them with modern computers. Came with billions in funding. Net Day

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Kyle Downey

iPhone- released June 2007.

Eventually has replaced pagers, PDAs, CDs/iPods, cameras, flip phones, and personal computers for many.

Timeline of the Iphone

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Kyle Downey

Instagram is bought by Mark Zuckerberg in 2012. Combines two popular social media platforms.

Insta+Facebook

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Though started in the late 20th Century, online gaming hits a fever pitch during/after Covid with more awareness as seen with ESPN and other mainstream networks coverage. 220 million play and even more watch this exploding $1.6 Billion industry.

Esports

Esports

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In July of 1994, Jeff Bezos launches Amazon, which becomes the world's largest online retailer.

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Amazon.com is a Seattle, Washington-based e-commerce and cloud computing giant whose humble beginnings can be traced to founder Jeff Bezos's garage, where he began selling books on the still-emerging World Wide Web.

Although the company is best known among consumers for its retail platform, a majority of its operating profits (as of 2024) come from its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon is also emerging as a leader in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) with its Bedrock platform. On the media side, Amazon is in the thick of the so-called "streaming wars," with its Prime Video entertainment and sports subscription model-including original content-battling for share of viewers.

Amazon's beginnings are rooted in its third-party seller services, subscription services, and advertising. It has long said it aims to expand sales by "improving all aspects of the customer experience, including lowering prices, improving availability, offering faster delivery times, increasing selection, expanding product information, improving ease of use, and earning customer trust," according to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.

A Kindle DX e-book reader, 2009.

FBA vs. FBM (aka MFN)

Amazon's launch of third-party services in 2000 gave birth to its Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) service. This allowed third-party sellers to send inventory to Amazon, and, for an extra fee, Amazon would store, ship, and handle returns of merchandise. The alternative is Fulfilled by Merchant (FBM) or Merchant Fulfilled Network (MFN), which requires the seller to handle all the logistics (storage, shipment, and returns processing).

Your package is on its way.

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Fresh, local and, as of 2017, part of Amazon.

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YouTube was officially launched to the public in 2005. It quickly gained popularity. Within a year, it was acquired by Google for $1.65 billion.

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Parkland School Shooting and march for Our Lives Movement

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The Parkland School Shooting and the March for Our Lives Movement in 2018 was a tragic event that sparked one of the most influential youth-led movements in the United States. This movement showcased Gen Z's use of social media for activism and redefining digital-age civic engagement.

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The following article from CNN describes how Parkland students launched a movement after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Just five weeks ago, a gunman killed 17 of their friends and teachers at school and changed the course of their lives. This weekend, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School led a historic march for gun control, what they called a March for Our Lives. Here's how the Parkland, Florida, students went from experiencing a mass tragedy to launching a mass movement.
They took immediate action
Within days of the February 14 shooting, the students made clear that thoughts and prayers were not enough for them -- they wanted concrete legislative solutions to the epidemic of mass shootings and an end to the influence of the National Rifle Association.

At a rally in Fort Lauderdale, senior Emma González called BS on politicians who said no law could have prevented the massacre.

"Maybe the adults have gotten used to saying 'it is what it is,' but if us students have learned anything, it's that if you don't study, you will fail," González said. "And in this case if you actively do nothing, people continually end up dead, so it's time to start doing something."

Her classmates insisted that the time for action was now, and that could help them heal. They adopted the rallying cry #NeverAgain, and a nascent movement formed.
They engaged with the media
National news outlets descended on Parkland to cover the shooting. They found survivors willing to relive the most terrifying moments of their lives and connect them to policies on gun violence.

Seniors David Hogg, an aspiring broadcast journalist, and González, president of her school's Gay-Straight Alliance, remained poised and eloquent as they fielded reporters' questions.

Junior Cameron Kasky laid out the stakes in a CNN opinion article: "We can't ignore the issues of gun control that this tragedy raises. And so, I'm asking -- no, demanding -- we take action now."
They announced plans to march
By February 18, the students put everyone on notice: They planned to march for their lives in Washington on March 24.

From the start, they pledged to center students' voices as gun violence survivors and future voters and invited teens across the country to join them.

"One of the things we've been hearing is that it's not the time yet to talk about gun control," Kasky said. "So here's the time that we're going to talk about gun control: March 24."

The rally was intended to give students everywhere a chance to "beg for their lives," he said.

The march had three primary demands:

Pass a law to ban the assault weapons;

Stop the sale of high-capacity magazines;

Implement laws that require background checks on all gun purchases, including online and at gun shows.

They raised funds
A GoFundMe campaign to support the rally raised more than $1.7 million in three days on top of $2 million in private donations from Hollywood personalities including George and Amal Clooney, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg.

The funds would make the March 24 rally possible, paying for supplies, equipment and coordination of the massive event. As of Sunday, more than 42,000 people had donated nearly $3.5 million to the online fundraiser.
They built excitement through small victories
While some shooting victims were still hospitalized and funerals were beginning, students boarded a bus to the state capitol for a lobbying day.

The experience galvanized them in different directions, and many continued to fight along with Stoneman Douglas parents at the state level for stricter gun laws. They didn't get the assault weapons ban they wanted. But they took heart in Gov. Rick Scott's passage of measures opposed by the NRA, such as raising the minimum age for gun purchases.

Momentum grew for their cause as companies cut ties with the NRA. At a CNN town hall, they went head to head with Sen. Marco Rubio and NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch on gun laws.

Meanwhile, they continued to put pressure on the federal government to pass universal background checks.

On March 14, one month after the shooting, scores of students across the United States walked out of class to honor the 17 victims and make sure that calls for change take into account the broader context of gun violence.

"We are standing in solidarity with the youth from the mass shooting, but we also know the repercussions of what's going to happen next could fall on black and brown people," said Keno Walker, who helped high school students organize walkouts in Miami.
They welcomed support
As #NeverAgain supporters set their sights on the Washington rally, partner organizations stepped up.

Giffords, the gun safety advocacy group named for congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a mass shooting survivor, provided transportation to Washington for some Stoneman Douglas families with the help of New England Patriots CEO Robert Kraft, who provided the team's jet to help families get to Washington.

Other Stoneman Douglas students traveled with families and friends to the march. Senior Julia Bishop said she chose to attend the rally in Washington in order to "feel the heart of support" contained within the movement.

"I wanted to stand on Capitol Hill in the shadow of our country's legislature and express how truly enraged I am that my friends are now dead due to gun violence and there had been nothing done about it."

Everytown for Gun Safety supplied operational and logistical resources for marches in Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Ohio; Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Milwaukee and New Orleans, the group said Sunday. Additionally, the organization said it gave out $5,000 grants to more than 200 local organizers across the country to ensure they had operational resources. The group helped to support transportation for students from cities including Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, New York City, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to travel to the march in D.C.

Ben and Jerry's also chipped in with grants to fund bus transportation to the march.

For entertainment, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Common, Demi Lovato and Vic Mensa committed to performing.

Meanwhile, people in the nation's capital lent a hand. Eleven mothers from metro D.C. banded together to find free housing for participants from out of town. Chef José Andrés' ThinkFoodGroup and various DC restaurants offered free and discounted food to student marchers.
They invited more voices
The day before the rally, Stoneman Douglas senior David Hogg said the media's biggest mistake while covering the school's shooting was "not giving black students a voice."

When they took the stage at March for Our Lives, Hogg and his classmates made sure to not make the same mistake. Speakers from Chicago, Brooklyn and Los Angeles also appeared onstage to describe how gun violence affected their communities.

"We recognize that Parkland received more attention because of its affluence," Jaclyn Corin, a survivor of the Parkland shooting, said in her speech. "But we share this stage today and forever with those communities who have always stared down the barrel of a gun."

Corin was joined onstage by Yolanda Renee King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s granddaughter. The 9-year-old said that like her grandfather, she too has a dream, in which "enough is enough."

Naomi Wadler, an elementary school student from Virginia, said she was speaking on behalf of African-American girls "whose stories don't make the front page" of national newspapers.
They encouraged everyone to attend
The students invited others to join them and provided a toolkit to help people organize their own marches. More than 800 groups marched in cities across the US and internationally, including in London, Madrid, Rome and Tokyo.

In Boston, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School graduate Leslie Chiu said the march was about gun violence in general, not just school shootings.

"This is not just in Parkland," she said. "It is in every community, especially those of color. . . . This is not a moment. This is a movement."
They promised there's more to come
Student-activists elsewhere are calling for another national walkout on April 20, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. The Network for Public Education is urging people on the same day to bring attention to school safety through walkouts, sit-ins or rallies.

Otherwise, #NeverAgain is turning its attention to the November midterms to vote out politicians who don't appear to support gun law reform.

"They've gotten used to being protective of their position, the safety of inaction," Hogg told the crowd in Washington on Saturday.

"To those politicians supported by the NRA that allow the continued slaughter of our children and our future, I say get your resumés ready."

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How the Parkland Students Pulled off a Massive National Protest in Only 5 Weeks

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Learn about the movement to end gun violence launched by Parkland students after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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AI has becoming accessible for everyday use (from writing to art to movies). Since AI has become accessible for everyday, it has fundamentally altered how we learn, create, and interact. It is prompting new questions around authenticity, creativity, and human value in work.

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The way edcuation changed with how we deliver our material and how much we took forgranted in our daily face to face interactions in our classrooms and in our own daily lives.

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This helped boost the idea that music can be widely available and at what cost should it be to the consumer. It has changed the music landscape ever since and it has not went back.

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It’s been 25 years since Napster launched and changed the music industry forever

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When Napster emerged on the internet 25 years ago, many knew it represented the future. The record labels and artists pushed back.

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The introduction of the Siri on Apple device.

According to Apple,

"Siri, the voice-enabled "personal assistant" on the iPhone 4S, will listen and talk back on a range of topics."

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The video talks about how Google got started by two college students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, at Stanford in the late '90s. They came up with a cool idea to make internet searches better by ranking websites based on how many other sites linked to them. They first called it "Backrub" but it eventually became Google. It started in their dorm room, but it grew once people realized how useful it was. They got funding, built a team, and turned down some big offers to sell it. Now, Google is everywhere—with stuff like Gmail, YouTube, and Android—and it all started as just a school project.

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The Birth of Google: From Dorm Room Dream to Digital Empire | From A Business Professor

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A college experiment that started with raiting peers that turned into a way for students to connect with each other. In 2006, Facebook introduced the News Feed and opened registration to anyone over 13 with an e‑mail, shifting from a university network to a global one.

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Facebook, now a subsidiary of Meta Platforms, has a rich and complex history that began in a Harvard University dorm room.

Founding and Early Years (2003-2005):

* 2003: Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard sophomore, created "Facemash," a website allowing students to rate the attractiveness of their peers by pulling photos from university databases. Though short-lived due to privacy concerns, it highlighted the potential for a social network.

* February 4, 2004: Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, launched "TheFacebook." It was initially designed to connect Harvard students, allowing them to post photos, personal information, class schedules, and join clubs.

* Expansion: "TheFacebook" quickly expanded to other universities across the US and Canada.

* Mid-2004: Napster co-founder Sean Parker joined the company as president, and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel made the first significant investment ($500,000). The company relocated to Palo Alto, California.

* August 2005: The "The" was dropped, and the company officially became "Facebook" after acquiring the domain name facebook.com.

* December 2005: The "tagging" feature was introduced, allowing users to identify friends in photos and posts, significantly increasing user engagement. High school students and international university students were also allowed to join.

Growth and Milestones (2006-2012):

* 2006: The News Feed was introduced, providing users with a real-time stream of updates from their friends. Facebook also opened its platform to anyone aged 13 or older with a valid email address, marking its transition from a college-centric network to a global one.

* 2007: Facebook launched its "Pages" feature and the Facebook Ads platform, opening up opportunities for businesses and brands. The first version of the mobile app was also released.

* 2009: Facebook became the most popular social network globally.

* 2010s: Facebook continued to grow exponentially, adding features like the "Like" button, Facebook Chat, and the ability to post classifieds through Facebook Marketplace.

* 2012: Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion and went public with a highly anticipated IPO, valuing the company at $104 billion.

Evolution and Diversification (2013-Present):

* Focus on Mobile: Recognizing the shift to mobile devices, Facebook rapidly introduced features tailored for mobile users, such as live video streaming and "Stories."

* Acquisitions: Beyond Instagram, Facebook continued to acquire other major platforms, notably WhatsApp in 2014, further diversifying its reach in communication.

* Controversies: The company faced numerous controversies, including issues related to data privacy (e.g., the Cambridge Analytica scandal), misinformation, and its impact on mental health.

October 2021: Facebook underwent a significant rebrand, changing its corporate name to Meta Platforms. This move signaled a strategic shift towards the "Metaverse," an ambitious vision for a digital realm blending virtual and augmented reality, with a focus on innovations like VR headsets and generative AI. While the corporate name changed, the core Facebook social media platform retained its name.
From its origins as a Harvard student directory, Facebook has evolved into a global social media giant, fundamentally changing how people connect, share information, and interact with the digital world. Its history is marked by rapid innovation, immense growth, and ongoing challenges.

* October 2021: Facebook underwent a significant rebrand, changing its corporate name to Meta Platforms. This move signaled a strategic shift towards the "Metaverse," an ambitious vision for a digital realm blending virtual and augmented reality, with a focus on innovations like VR headsets and generative AI. While the corporate name changed, the core Facebook social media platform retained its name.

From its origins as a Harvard student directory, Facebook has evolved into a global social media giant, fundamentally changing how people connect, share information, and interact with the digital world. Its history is marked by rapid innovation, immense growth, and ongoing challenges.

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I would say one of the key invention of this decade was the fitness trackers. It took the pedometer to the next level by tracking sleep, breathing, steps and physical activities. This device continues to evolve based on needs to the users.

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FitBit 'The Parent Powered Playground' 2018