Text messaging
Voice calls R so 1999. Evn ur mom txts. LOL


Multi-core Processors
These days, it’s not hard to find a quadcore, or an octacore, fueling even the average computer build.


Digital Point-and-shoot Cameras
Though digital cameras were available to photographers and professionals before they hit the mainstream, the digital point-and-shoot made it easy for anyone to become a photographer and instantly share photos.


3G
The hype surrounding 3G only proves that this technology became an integral part of how we communicate today. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to access websites on our mobile browsers at lightening speeds or download applications and widgets from various app stores.




Streaming video
It was in this last decade that start-up companies like YouTube took off with a new, more socially friendly way to stream video and instantly share it with the Internet.

PDA
Where would we be without a Personal Digital Assistant? Well, we certainly wouldn’t make appointments. Or check our email. Or be able to view emali attachments on the go. Though the PDA emerged in the early 90’s, it flourished into the mainstream thanks to the ever-evolving mobile operating systems, which eventually allowed even the average person to access Internet and Email from their one tiny device. If you think about it, smartphones are simply descendants of the ancient PDA.




CSS
Also known as Cascading Style Sheets, this web language made the job easier for even the most hardcore of HTML programmers. The new CSS introduced the idea of streamlined, attractive webpages, which eventually helped the Internet crossover to web 2.0. Though development began in the mid-nineties, CSS became mainstream in 2000 when Internet Explorer 5 hit the market.





LCD television and monitors
Believe it or not, this technology has been around since 1888. However, it wasn’t until the end of 2007 that LCDs eventually surpassed the sales of CRT monitors.




LED displays
Now featured in a variety of Apple and major-brand monitors, LEDs are brighter, better and, allegedly, more energy efficient.