Computer History - 2012

Year	Event
2012	Gerald Estrin passes away March 29, 2012 (Age: 90)
2012	Jack Tramiel passes away on April 8, 2012 (age 84)
2012	Facebook buys Instagram for 1 billion dollars in cash and stock in April 2012.
2012	Google and several other companies migrate to IPv6 on June 6, 2012.
2012	Pinterest is made available to everyone August 10, 2012.
2012	Bill Moggridge passes away September 8, 2012 (Age: 69)
2012	Apple iPhone 5 goes on sale September 21, 2012.
2012	YouTube breaks an Internet record as over 8 million concurrent live viewers watch Felix Baumgartner break his own record by jumping from the edge of space (128,100 feet) on October 15, 2012.
2012	Apple introduces the iPad mini October 23, 2012.
2012	Microsoft Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface is released October 26, 2012.
2012	It wasn't the end of the world on December 21, 2012 as the Mayans predicted but the video Gangnam Style hit over 1 billion views on YouTube.