🧠 Inventions of 2008
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Mobile App Marketplace (App Store)
2 
Blockchain Concept
3 
Android Operating System
4 
Cloud-Based Office Software
5 
HD Streaming Video
6 
Social Media Real-Time Feeds
7 
Electric Vehicle Roadster
8 
Location-Based Social Apps
9 
Digital Health Tracking Devices
10 
Online Code Repositories
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON September 24, 2008
Full News Archive
- Headline: Wine Bargains Amid Economic Struggles. Impact: As France was painted as a wine bargain paradise, it led to an increase in pretentious wine snobs around the world. This eventually culminated in a global wine tasting event where everyone pretended to taste 'notes of oak' when they really just tasted regret.. Fact: Did you know that the phrase 'I'll have a glass of whatever's on sale' is basically the modern-day equivalent of 'I know my wines' in the world of budget-conscious drinkers?.
- Headline: Time to Save the Croissants. Impact: The campaign to save croissants started a culinary revolution that resulted in a global shortage of butter and flour, eventually leading to the rise of gluten-free pastry alternatives that taste like cardboard.. Fact: Did you know that if French gastronomy were declared a world treasure, it would officially become the most delicious UNESCO site? Who wouldn't want to visit the Eiffel Tower for a croissant?.
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 2008, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #3
NFLX
Netflix
Price in 2008
$0.38
Value in 2025
$249,715
Netflix - If you invested $1,000 in 2008, it would be worth $249,715 today (249.7x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
The Walking Dead #48
$200
Batman #676
$25
Thor #1
$1,500
Invincible Iron Man #1
$20,000
Final Crisis #1
$50
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
$50.00
LEGO Indiana Jones Set
$150.00
Elmo Live
$150.00
Nintendo Wii Fit
$50.00
Kung Fu Panda Plush Toys
$60.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Grand Theft Auto IV
$20.00
Fallout 3
$150.00
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
$27.50
Call of Duty: World at War
$200.00
Left 4 Dead
$200.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
2008 Topps Chrome LeBron James Refractor
$30,000
2008 Topps Chrome Derrick Rose Refractor Rookie Card
$3500
2008 Pokémon TCG Diamond & Pearl Stormfront Charizard
$200
2008 Topps Steven Stamkos Rookie Card
$2,500
2008 Topps Allen & Ginter Clayton Kershaw Rookie Card
$300