Google Docs allowed people to share files across
all compatible devices, was far more user-friendly than Microsoft Word and other alternatives and also automatically saved everything. In 2011, Apple introduced iCloud. iCloud was like Google Docs but allowed you to share way more. iCloud allowed you to share documents, photos, songs, movies, contacts,
and even applications. In 2012, Google introduced Google Drive. Google Drive allowed people to share all files across all Google applications. As of July 2018, Google Drive has approximately 1 billion users.
After Vista was rejected by Google Chrome, Microsoft had to recover in much the same way they had to recover from Windows ME. In 2009, they released Windows 7. For a few months, Vista had been discontinued but Windows 7 had not yen been released, and Microsoft was in a limbo stage. XP was still widely used despite being far older than Vista, which was arguably still more advanced, even with its many problems.
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For a few months, the most popular operating system among Microsoft fans was their 8 year old operating system that was already outdated. Windows 7 was a much improved version of Vista that was faster and more stable and ran better in general. Windows 7, while relatively popular at first, wasn’t able to live up to Windows XP. For three years, Windows XP was still the most popular among Windows users. In fact, in November of 2011, Windows XP had almost 50% of the total market share, despite being more than 10 years old. At the time it was surpassed in August 2012, it had more than 42% of the market share.
By the time Windows 7 was the most popular operating system in the world, Windows 8 was already almost out. Windows 8 came out two months later in October, to mixed reviews. It introduced the Metro interface (the one with the tiles). The complaints it faced was that the interface was childish and hard to use. Another complaint was the removal of the Start button from the taskbar. At first, the system was popular, but over time sales dropped significantly. One year later, to appease customers, Microsoft released Windows 8.1, which had an upgraded interface that was easier to use and put the Start button back where it belongs. By 2015, the market share for Windows 8.1 was almost three times as much as Windows 8, which was a step in the right direction for Microsoft.
The same year, Microsoft released the last version of Windows, Windows 10. Microsoft decided to skip 9, and two years later, Apple followed in their footsteps when they skipped the iPhone 9. Windows 10 may have looked familiar to long time Windows users. It could be considered a very advanced version of Windows XP. The interface was refined, and looked very familiar. Microsoft announced that Windows 10 was the last version of Windows. As of 2018, Windows 10 is currently the most popular Windows operating system with more than 50% of the market share. Something that might shock you is that Windows XP has more users than Windows 8, despite being 17 years old.
A new concept has recently been introduced. A new type of drive called a " "Helium Drive" A Helium Drive is a drive filled with helium. The idea is that the
lighter gas increases the speed of the drive.
I don’t think this will overtake
Cloud Storage because Cloud Storage automatically saves work and is also easy
to use and shares files across all devices, but it could be the future of
storage.
In the future, there may be petabyte drives, or maybe Google Drive
storage will go up to 1.1 zettabytes.
Maybe there will be a huge database leak
and everyone’s personal information will be leaked.
Maybe the internet will go
down forever??
Nobody knows what the future holds, but it looks exciting!! - Noah S