10 Hugest Inventions Since the Year 2000

2) iPad

You can thank Apple and Steve Jobs for several of the technologies that would eventually lead to changing our world as we knew it 20 years ago. One of the biggest changes to affect us was the iPad. The iPad became the most portable and user-friendly computer the world had ever seen until the iPhone, which we will talk about shortly.

The iPad essentially links everything in the world together and with the use of millions of apps, consumers can do everything from daily pregnancy planning to running a business. But, of course, the real pleasure is the obsessively intimate nature most people have with their devices and their games…think Angry Birds and Words with Friends.

The iPad is that computer you always wished you had when you were a kid, but thought was pure science fiction. Since the iPad, hundreds of new tablet-type devices have popped up on the market, including hybrid computer/tablets.