8 biggest technology shockers of the year
We were
treated to plenty of tech surprises in 2015. Here's a roundup of the biggest
shockers
The year
2015 rarely had a dull moment.Apple introduced a product Steve Jobs famously
hated, Tesla Model S got a surprise auto-pilot update and Microsoft revealed
that the next version of Windows would have an unexpected name -just to name a
few that caught everyone off guard. These are the biggest shockers of the year.
Microsoft skips a number with Windows
Just
three weeks into 2015, Microsoft made the surprise announcement that it was
skipping Windows 9 and going straight to Windows 10 -and that the new operating
system would be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8 users.
The Apple Watch's slow start
April saw
the release of the long rumoured, long-awaited, muchhyped Apple Watch. But
after some brutal reviews, the Apple Watch failed to make a serious dent,
surprising Apple's fans and analysts alike. Amazon's Dash buttons When Amazon
announced its `Dash' buttons on March 31, everyone assumed it an early April
Fool's Day joke. But it's a very real way to literally order products with the
push of a button.
Tesla brings auto-pilot to the masses
Tesla CEO
Elon Musk dropped a bomb: thousands of Tesla Model S owners found that an
overnight software update turned the high-end vehicle into a (mostly)
self-driving car.
FCC supports net neutrality
In the
US, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that regulates interstate and
international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable,
voted to regulate the internet as a public utility, supporting the concept of
net neutrality.
Apple
casts aside Steve Jobs's wisdom and releases an iPad stylus
Apple
announced the iPad Pro, a gigantic tabletlaptop hybrid. But the really shocking
part was the introduction of the $99 Apple Pencil stylus -a concept that Steve
Jobs famously hated.
Google becomes Alphabet
The tech
world exploded in August when Google announced a total corporate reorganisation
of the company and the creation of its new parent company, Alphabet.
Apple supports ad blockers in iOS
An update
to Apple's iOS mobile operating system caused a panic in the media and
advertising industries by letting users install ad-blocking software on their
iPhones and iPads.It didn't help that those ad blockers .shot up the sales
charts when they were first released
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