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Apple Inc. launched the iPad in 2010, its first tablet computer, which offered multi-touch interaction. The iPad became an immediate bestseller and only months after its release became the best selling tech product in history. [7] By the mid-2010s, almost all smartphones were touchscreen-only, and Android and iPhone smartphones dominated the ...
The group has also been suspected of having links with Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb and Boko Haram. Among their best-known attacks are the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 2013 (resulting in 71 deaths and 200 injured) and the 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings that killed 587 and injured 316. [38]
The video game industry continued to be dominated by Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft; while indie games became more popular, with Minecraft becoming the best-selling game of all time. Handheld console gaming revenue was overtaken by mobile gaming revenue in 2011. The best-selling book of this decade was Fifty Shades of Grey.
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15 May – John Shepherd-Barron (b. 1925), inventor of the automatic teller machine. 3 June 2010: Vladimir Arnold, a Russian mathematician, dies aged 72. 17 May Fritz Sennheiser (b. 1912), engineer and inventor of the shotgun microphone. Richard Gregory (b. 1923), neuropsychologist. 18 May Devendra Singh (b. 1938), evolutionary psychology pioneer.
This year, for the first time ever, TIME editors selected 200—instead of 100—of the year's Best Inventions.
The 2010s was the fifth decade in the industry's history. The decade was notable for producing the first truly "3D" games and consoles, [ clarification needed ] introducing cloud gaming and virtual reality to consumers, and the rising influence of tablet-based and mobile casual games , including a boom in freemium titles.