2000s Decade Recap - Business and Technology

The 2000s brought us the dot-com crash, financial crises and Wall Street fraud. The decade also saw the emergence of Wikipedia, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Google rose to prominence and Apple was reenergized as a company and a brand thanks to the iPod and iPhone.
Here's a good video recap of the decade in business and technology by WatchMojo.
Posted to YouTube on Dec. 19, 2009.
Suggested rating: G.

SNL slams the iPhone

Is Apple’s reality distortion field starting to wear off for the iPhone?
Apple’s popular smart phone has been hammered for its poor 3G wireless coverage in commercials by Verizon attacking AT&T. Those ads certainly have tarnished the iPhone’s image. Here’s a sample ad, where the iPhone is relegated to the Island of Misfit Toys from “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
On Dec. 19, “Saturday Night Live” took a swing at the iPhone in its Weekend Update segment. Check it out up top.

Posted to YouTube on Dec. 19, 2009.
Suggested rating: G.

The iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys

Verizon Wireless slams AT&T's 3G coverage in this ad featuring Apple's iPhone on the Island of Misfit Tools from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
Posted to YouTube on Nov. 6, 2009.
Suggested rating: G.

Nude It app for the iPhone

Funny video about an iPhone app called Nude It.
Posted to YouTube on Oct. 11, 2009.
Suggested rating: PG.

iPhone Russian Roulette Disaster

Another iPhone app that Apple needs to pull.
Posted to YouTube on April 9, 2009.
Suggested rating: R.

Twitter Must Die

Continuing on the Twitter backlash theme, here's a YouTube video from someone who started a "Twitter Must Die" movement on Facebook. The video features Christian Grantham, a news and new media producer for a Nashville TV station. His movement hasn't been very successful (26 group members to date on Facebook). Maybe he started it too soon.
Posted Jan. 13, 2008.
Suggested rating: PG-13

The video is actually a parody of "Twin Peaks" director David Lynch's rant about watching movies on the iPhone. I've posted that original YouTube video below.
Posted Jan. 4, 2008.
Suggested rating: R