Royal Purple Company History. Royal Purple was founded as an industrial lubricants company by John Williams. Williams was a pioneer in developing synthetic lubricants as far back as the 1950s. He continued pursuing his passion for lubrication by serving as a consultant to numerous companies after his retirement in the 1980âs.
Apple's iPhone was introduced at MacWorld in January 2007 and officially went on sale June 29, 2007, selling 146,000 units within the first weekend of launch.
A year before the iPhone was revealed, the LG PRADA boasted the first capacitive touchscreen. Samsung and Nokia also had touch-based mobile phones in the works but were not released. Nokia chose not to, due to risk of cost. Samsung, to this day, is still battling with Apple over who truly was first.. This boom in the touchscreen market spread past phones and onto other devices, like gaming consoles or tablets. The late 2000s saw a race among tech competitors to make the best tablet.