🧠 Inventions of 1999
Verified invention milestones and practical breakthroughs associated with the year.
1 
Smartphone Platform
2 
Wi-Fi Standard Expansion (802.11b)
3 
Online Payment Platform
4 
Search Engine Advertising Model
5 
MP3 Player Ecosystem
6 
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
7 
Digital Video Recorder (DVR)
8 
Voice over IP Services
9 
Location-Based Services
10 
Online Gaming Platforms
The Sounds of
Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year
HEADLINES ON September 30, 1999
Full News Archive
- Headline: Innovations in Web Search Technology. Impact: The development of faster web search engines led to the information overload we experience today, where we now spend more time filtering out cat videos than actually finding useful information. Thanks, Gurunet and Google! It's like giving a toddler a fire hose and expecting them to water the plants.. Fact: Did you know that if you lined up all the web pages on the internet, they would stretch to the moon and back? Just kidding, but it feels that way when you search for something and get 47 million results..
- Headline: Mapping the Unknowns of Cyberspace. Impact: Mapping cyberspace changed the way people interact with the digital world, leading to a society where everyone thinks they are a cartographer. Next thing you know, grandma will be drawing maps for her online bingo games.. Fact: Did you know that the internet is actually just a series of tubes? No, really, that's what some politicians thought. So if you ever get lost online, just follow the nearest tube!.
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 1999, here's what the stored 2025 dataset estimates.
Rank #2
AAPL
Apple
Price in 1999
$0.31
2025 dataset value
$880,068
Apple - If you invested $1,000 in 1999, it would be worth $880,068 today (880.1x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Batman: Harley Quinn #1
$35.00
The Authority #1
$75
Planetary #1
$1,200
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace #1
$200
Bluntman and Chronic #1
$15
🧸 Top 5 Toys
LEGO Star Wars Sets
$150.00
Pokemon Trading Card Game
$150.00
Furby
$30.00
Razor Scooter
$150.00
Beyblade
$700.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Super Smash Bros.
$500.00
Silent Hill
$147.48
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
$750.00
Final Fantasy VIII
$200.00
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
$200.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
1999 Pokémon Base Set 1st Edition Charizard Holo #4
$1,655
1999 Bandai Dragon Ball Z Japanese Prism Card #PP-06 (Son Goku Super Saiyan)
Unknown
1999 Sports Illustrated for Kids Tiger Woods #536
$20,400
1999 Wizards of the Coast Magic: The Gathering 'Urza's Legacy' Foil Grim Monolith
$250
1999 Pokémon Japanese Promo Tropical Mega Battle Tropical Wind
$65,100