우리는 21 st 의 세 번째 10년에 있습니다. 세기, 그리고 우리 주변의 세계는 이 새 천년이 시작된 이래 확실히 변했습니다. 많은 기술이 있습니다. 인터넷이 새로워지고, 휴대전화를 소유하는 것이 사치의 상징이 되고, 컴퓨터가 혁명을 일으키고, 16비트 게임을 하는 것이 최고의 즐거움을 주는 시대였습니다. 기본적으로 그때는 우리가 그렇게 많은 혁신적인 기술에 익숙해지고 싶지도 않은 시간이었습니다. 우리가 일부 장치를 소유하고 있는지 여부는 중요하지 않았습니다. 사실 우리는 거의 사용하지 않았습니다. 그리고 이제 우리가 없이는 살아남을 수 없는 것들이 있습니다. 기술에 대한 의존도가 엄청나게 높아졌고 인터넷은 생활의 필수품이 되었습니다.
소셜 미디어, 동영상 스트리밍, G-Suite부터 뮤직 플레이어, 온라인 예약 서비스, 인공 지능에 이르기까지 모든 것이 우리 일상에 깊숙이 스며들었습니다. Uber에서 택시를 예약하지 않고 장소를 떠나는 것은 상상하기 어렵습니다. Wikipedia는 원스톱 지식 기반입니다. 인스타그램이 우리 카메라를 장악했고, 아마존은 당신의 새로운 소매점이며, 우리는 게을러서 음식을 문 앞까지 배달합니다. 모든 것이 진행되고 있지만 인터넷 없이는 아무것도 작동하지 않기 때문에 인터넷은 여전히 가장 중요한 요구 사항입니다. AI 기반 스마트 비서가 있긴 하지만 당장 필요하다고 보기에는 이르다. Instagram과 Facebook은 우리 삶의 일부입니다. 개인뿐만 아니라 전문적인 인정과 존재감을 제공하는 두 개의 플랫폼입니다.
글 하나에 할 말이 너무 많다. 그래서 우리는 당신을 위해 그 목록을 단축했습니다. 그 당시에는 존재하지도 않았던 모든 것들이 지금 우리의 일상 생활에서 오래 지속되는 역할을 하고 있는지 확인해 봅시다.
출시 당시 목록에 없었던 최고의 중독성 현대 기술
1. 인터넷
오늘날 우리가 사용하는 기술과 관련된 모든 것은 인터넷 없이는 가치가 없습니다. 20년 전만 해도 인터넷은 사람들이 갈망하는 것이었습니다. 그리고 그것을 가질 수 있는 특권을 가진 사람들은 그것을 조금씩 사용하여 힘들게 번 돈보다 더 신중하게 저축했습니다. 오늘날 인터넷에 소요되는 시간과 다양한 애플리케이션을 통해 제공되는 솔루션으로 인해 지속적인 탐색, 다운로드 및 업로드 속도로 지연 없이 실행되는 무제한 고속 연결이 필요합니다.
2. 무선 이어폰
처음에는 이어폰이 나왔고, 그 다음에는 무선 이어버드가 나왔고, 이제는 진정한 무선 이어버드가 되었습니다. 3.5mm 유선 잭에서 무선 Bluetooth 지원 인이어 버드에 이르기까지 이 장치는 항상 친구입니다. 그들 없이는 여행할 수 없고, 그들 없이는 일할 수 없으며, 그들 없이는 잠도 잘 수 없습니다. 오늘날 우리는 음악에서 게임에 이르기까지 다양한 목적을 위해 명시적으로 설계된 수십 종류의 헤드폰과 이어폰을 가지고 있습니다. 한때 전자 액세서리였던 것이 이제는 별개의 산업입니다.
3. 페이스북과 인스타그램
Congratulations Mr. Zuckerberg, despite so much talk about your negligence towards your platforms’ users, you still made a list and that too on No. 3. No matter what Zuckerberg has done, the dependence of people on Facebook and Instagram not just for social belonging, but also business needs has outgrown our concerns for data privacy. Now Instagram is an addiction, and Facebook is a one-stop solution for business promotion and social updates.
And for those who have forgotten, Facebook wasn’t even a thing until 2004 and was not yet public until 2006. So, just recall how life has just changed in less than two decades.
4. Google Applications
I think Google is what made us really dependent on the Internet. It was just a search engine earlier, and even then, it mesmerized us all with the information it could offer us. Later it became a mail client, and slowly and gradually, Google has become an entire suite of applications that we are using in every aspect of our personal and professional lives.
We never used emails two decades ago, and now complex tasks and conversations are carried out in minutes via mail. From document creation to cloud storage, Google has expanded its arms exponentially since its origin, and we willingly keep falling into them every single time.
5. Wikipedia
Search for anything on the web, and the first link, you’ll find will direct you to Wikipedia. The authenticity of the information on Wikipedia is indeed questionable; after all, it’s all user-fed data. But, a majority of information, especially something which is established and known, is accurately summarized in a single article here. It covers a wide range of subjects and genres and offers everything necessary you ought to know at a single platform.
6. Smartphone
Going mobile is the most common tech trend these days. There is an app for every single platform, which allows you to execute their respective operations on the move. Earlier phones were a luxury, used only to call and send text messages when required. And now, smartphones have Internet connectivity, Bluetooth, and Camera. Google, Facebook, Wikipedia; everything is available on mobiles. Smartphones were once also an expensive revolution brought by Apple in 2007, which has now spawned into an industry consuming the entire globe.
7. Amazon
Gone are the days when you traveled to the supermarket and spent hours selecting your groceries and other household stuff under your strict budget. Thanks to Amazon, we can now shop on our mobile phones and get all the things delivered at our doorstep without even paying for delivery. With Amazon’s Prime services, the delivery is even faster than ever. From groceries and apparel to electronics and travel accessories, Amazon has it all on its shelves.
8. WhatsApp
Chat messengers have saved people from long calls and have enlarged your conversation circle by offering instant messaging and even internet calls. Though this was a feature that Yahoo and Google launched way back before WhatsApp, thanks to smartphones, Whatsapp ultimately took the credit. WhatsApp was the application most of the people from the millennial generation were introduced to. It was the only app that existed on a mobile platform and was available for free. Plus, this was the app that was a fresh face when the Internet entered into every household across the globe. And now, there is hardly any smartphone that does not have WhatsApp installed on it.
9. Music and Video Streaming
Netflix, Spotify, Prime Video and Music, Apple Music, etc. All these names were nothing before Y2K. Netflix existed but as a DVD rental service company and not as an online video streaming platform. And now, online streaming subscriptions have killed DVDs. These services are available on cross platforms. What was the last time you paid for cable and soundtrack cassettes?
10. Uber
Yes, Uber does have issues. It runs on a shared economy model so, services do get hampered every now and then. But it has indeed made travel easier than ever. Finding a cab in rushed city streets has always been a tough task, and Uber has made it quite easier and somewhat a bit cheaper at specified instances. Cars and motorcycles were one thing; it is even transporting people on choppers now. Could you have imagined sitting in a chopper before Y2K?
11. Online Banking and Payment Apps
I don’t remember the last time I visited the bank to deposit cheques or cash in my account. There is little cash in my wallet, enough to travel at shorter distances and buy an item or two from the shop. I never pay my rent and other bills in cash. And I even manage my credit cards on my phone. All thanks to these banking platforms operable via applications and browsers. I couldn’t have imagined this during my childhood days long back.
12. GPS Navigation
GPS was invented way back in 1978. But GPS was not embedded in mobile phones before 1997. And it was globally commercialized probably after 2005 when Google launched Maps. Today, we can travel to unknown places and wander in new streets due to GPS navigation devices installed on our phones.
13. Voice Assistants
“Alexa, change the song.” That has become quite a morning phrase when I’m getting ready for work and listening to my favorite playlists. Voice assistants have changed the way we live, and it’s just an initial glimpse of artificial intelligence. It’ll be something amazing when it expands its capabilities in the future.
Technology has come a long way since the last twenty years, and it has the potential to grow at much larger scales. AI is expanding to technological singularity; online streaming is increasing to game streaming platforms; we’re getting choppers for taxis; you can literally buy aircrafts online; chat messengers have evolved into calling applications; the list goes on.
This is just imagination. Virtual and Augmented Reality is also being researched further along with quantum computers’ capabilities like the one at IBM, and hundreds of different fields are emerging in this sector. It’s just hard to clarify what the next decade might have for us in the future, but we can rest assured that our lives are going to change on a large scale.
What Technologies Took You By Storm:
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