We are waving goodbye to 2018. It was an eventful year. Here are some of the most memorable events.
Facebook
Through the year Facebook was (still is) in hot water for its data sharing policy. Mark Zackerberg was grilled by American Congress members in an open hearing on April 2018.
Apple
It was a good year for Microsoft and bad for Apple. At one point Apple’s stock was dropped to 6.6%.
Microsoft
Microsoft made several changes in their product, while Apple’s iPad Pro received a mixed emotion from consumers.
Google
Google decided to shut down the Google+ in 2019 after a huge security flaw that exposed their user data.
Security and AI
Talking about security, Ransomware was still a powerful menace throughout the year.
Ransomware was one of the biggest disaster of 2018. But AI kept made significant improvement.
Tesla
SpaceX launches a huge Falcon rocket to outer space with a Tesla Roadster electric car as a payload In Feb 6, 2018.
Finance
Bitcoin had a bad year. Price keeps falling throughout the year. Analysts are hoping for a recovery in 2019.
Notable Deaths
Paul Allen
Co-founder of Microsoft dies on October 15 in Seattle of complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was 65.
Stephen Hawking
March 14, 2018 Professor Stephen Hawking died peacefully at his home in Cambridge at the age of 76.
Nancy Grace Roman
Also known as ‘mother’ of Hubble Space Telescope. She was also NASA’s first woman executive. Nancy died December 25, 2018.
Larry Robert
He led the team that created ARPAnet and was also the program manager. He made plan on computer to computer network should work. Larry Robert died 26 December 2018.
