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-Since the dot com bubble burst back on 2000 technology has radically transformed our societies and our daily lives, from smartphones to social media and health care, here's a brief history of the 21st century's technological revolution. 

Just over 20 years ago, the dotcom bubble burst, causing the stocks of many technology firms to tumble. Some companies like Amazon, quickly recovered their value-but many others were left in ruins. In the two decades since their crash, technology has advanced in many years ago. 

Many more people are online today than they were at the start of the millennium. Looking at broadband access in 2000,just hlf of Americans had broadband access at home. Today, that number sits at more than 90%.

This broadband expansion was certainly not just an American phenomenon. Similar growth can been on a global scale : while less than 7% of the world was online in 2000, today over half the global population has access to the internet.

Similar trends can be seen in cellphone use. At the start of the 2000s, there were 740 million cellphone subscriptions worldwide. Two decades later, that number has surpassed billion, meaning there are now more Cellphones in the world than people. 

At the same time, technology was also becoming more personal and portable. Apple sold its first iPod in 2001 and six years later it introduce the iPhone, which ushered in a new era of personal technology. These changes led to a world in which technology touches nearly everything we do. 

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