What happened onFebruary 24, 2010Wednesday Week 8

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The World in 2010 the year the iPad arrived

Facebook passed 500 million users in July. If it had been a country, only China and India would have been bigger.

Life back then

Smartphones were spreading fast, but most people still typed texts on number pads. FarmVille requests filled Facebook feeds, and Netflix still mailed most of its movies out on DVD. All summer, plastic vuvuzela horns buzzed through every World Cup broadcast from South Africa. When Apple showed off the iPad, plenty of people asked who would ever need one. Millions bought one anyway.

The year in 8 events

• 🕯️Jan 12 A magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastates Haiti. More than 100,000 people die.
• 🏅Feb 12 The Winter Olympics open in Vancouver, Canada.
• 📱Apr 3 The first iPad goes on sale in the United States. Apple sells 300,000 on day one.
• 🌋Apr 14 A volcano erupts under an Icelandic glacier. Its ash cloud grounds flights across Europe for days.
• 🛢️Apr 20 The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explodes off the coast of Louisiana. Oil leaks into the sea for 87 days.
• ⚽Jul 11 Spain beats the Netherlands 1-0 in the World Cup final, with a goal deep in extra time. It is Spain's first title.
• 📷Oct 6 A San Francisco startup launches a photo app called Instagram on the iPhone.
• ⛏️Oct 13 All 33 Chilean miners are lifted to safety after 69 days underground. About a billion people watch.

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