21st century

===Telecommunications===
[[File:Steve Jobs talks about the iPhone (2197013436).jpg|thumb|[[Steve Jobs]] discussing the [[iPhone (1st generation)|iPhone]], an early [[smartphone]], in 2008]]
The [[Digital Revolution]] continued into the early 21st century with mobile phone usage and [[Global Internet usage]] growing massively, becoming available to many more people, with more applications and faster speeds.
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[[Social networking]] emerged in the mid-2000s as a popular form of social communication, partly replacing much of the function of [[email]], [[message board]]s and [[instant messaging]] services. [[Twitter]], [[Facebook]], [[YouTube]], [[Instagram]], [[Snapchat]] and WeChat are all major examples of social media which have gained widespread popularity. The use of [[webcam]]s and [[front-facing camera]]s on PCs and related devices, and services such as [[Skype]], [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]] and [[FaceTime]], have made [[video calling]] and [[video conferencing]] widespread. Their use hugely increased during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].