🧠 Inventions of 2007
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Smartphone (iPhone)
2 
Mobile App Store Concept
3 
Cloud-Based Email Hosting
4 
Social Media Advertising
5 
High-Speed Mobile Data (4G Concept)
6 
Digital Mapping Street View
7 
Electric Vehicle Consumer Prototype
8 
Online Video Monetization
9 
Touchscreen Multi-Touch Interface
10 
Medical Wearable Sensors
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON December 6, 2007
Full News Archive
- Headline: Art Evolution: From Hire to Gallery. Impact: When art finally got its moment on the gallery wall, it sparked a revolution that led to the rise of Instagram influencers posing with 'second-class' work. Who knew a poorly painted cat could launch a thousand likes?. Fact: In the art world, what was once considered 'meh' can now be worth millions, proving that sometimes all you need is a good frame and a trendy gallery name..
- Headline: Conflicts in Executive Pay Consulting Exposed. Impact: The revelation of conflicts in executive pay consulting led to a series of corporate scandals that made boardrooms resemble soap operas. Spoiler alert: nobody wins, but everyone gets a raise for 'consulting'!. Fact: Executive pay reports often read like a game of Monopoly, where everyone just keeps passing Go and collecting their $200, but no one ever actually buys anything..
- Headline: Insurgency Shifts Focus to Northern Iraq. Impact: As insurgents relocated to Mosul, they unknowingly facilitated the rise of 'Mosul's Most Wanted,' a reality TV show that would never air but would inspire countless memes about bad decisions.. Fact: The movement of insurgents north was less about strategy and more like the world's worst game of musical chairs, with everyone scrambling for a seat they never wanted..
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 2007, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #1
AMZN
Amazon
Price in 2007
$1.93
Value in 2025
$117,189
Amazon - If you invested $1,000 in 2007, it would be worth $117,189 today (117.2x return)
Rank #3
NFLX
Netflix
Price in 2007
$0.38
Value in 2025
$247,275
Netflix - If you invested $1,000 in 2007, it would be worth $247,275 today (247.3x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #1
$25
The Umbrella Academy #1
$150
Captain America #25
$75,000
Y: The Last Man #60
$150
Amazing Spider-Man #546
$25
🧸 Top 5 Toys
iPod Touch
$2000.00
Transformers Movie Toys
$150.00
Nintendo Wii
$250.00
Hannah Montana Dolls
$150.00
Razor Sole Skate
$400.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
BioShock
$55.00
Portal
$200.00
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
$35.00
Super Mario Galaxy
$200.00
Assassin's Creed
$200.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
2007 Topps Rookie Card Kevin Durant
$30,000
2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! Gold Series Blue-Eyes White Dragon
$26,000
2007 Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Base Set Charizard
$22,100
2007 SP Authentic Adrian Peterson Rookie Card
$1,500
2007 Magic: The Gathering Tarmogoyf
$250,000