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30th Web Anniversary
"Suppose all the information stored on computers everywhere were linked. Suppose I could program my computer to create a space in which everything could be linked to everything."
– Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web -
The beginning
In March 1989, Tim laid out his vision for what would become the web in a document called “Information Management: A Proposal”. Believe it or not, Tim’s initial proposal was not immediately accepted.
The World Wide Web begins as a CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) project called ENQUIRE, initiated by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee
AOL launches its Instant Messenger chat service and begins welcoming users with the iconic greeting “You’ve got mail!” -
October of 1990: the three fundamental tecnhologies by Tim
Tim had written the three fundamental technologies that remain the foundation of today’s web (HTML-
URI or URL - HTTP) also the first web page editor/browser (“WorldWideWeb.app”) and the first web server (“httpd“) -
End of 1990: the first web page was served on the open internet
World’s first website and server go live at CERN, running on Tim Berners-Lee’s NeXT computer, which bears the message “This machine is a server. DO NOT POWER DOWN!”. After that Tim Berners Lee develops the first Web browser called WorldWideWeb and the "Archie", the first tool to search the internet is developed by McGill University student Alan Emtage. -
1991: people outside of CERN were invited to join this new web community.
As the web began to grow, Tim realised that its true potential would only be unleashed if anyone, anywhere could use it without paying a fee or having to ask for permission. Tim and others advocated to ensure that CERN would agree to make the underlying code available on a royalty-free basis, forever.
Researchers rig up a live shot of a coffee pot so they could tell from their computer screens when a fresh pot had been brewed. Later connected to the World Wide Web, it becomes the first webcam -
1992: "Surfing the internet"
The term “surfing the internet” is coined and popularized and
the line-mode browser launches. It is the first readily accessible browser for the World Wide Web. -
1993: CERN places its World Wide Web technology in the public domain, donating it to the world.
In April 1993, a team at the University of Illinois’ National Center for Supercomputing Applications released Mosaic 1.0, the first Web browser to become popular with the general public.
Marc Andreessen also proposes the IMG HTML tag to allow the display of images on the Web. -
1994- 1998: "Yahoo", Amazon.com. eBay, Nokia,Google
Yahoo! is created by Stanford University graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo.”In 1995 Amazon.com opens for business,
Entrepreneur Pierre Omidyar launches "eBay” Microsoft also releases Windows 95 and the first version of Internet Explorer.
In 1996 Nokia releases the Nokia 9000 Communicator, the first cellphone with internet capabilities.
-Hotmail launches world’s first Webmail services, its name a reference to the HTML internet language used to build webpages. In 1998 google was founed -
Period 2001-2006: Wikipedia , Xbox, Skype , Mozila
Jimmy Wales launches Wikipedia. In 2002 Microsoft launches Xbox Live, its online multiplayer gaming service. In 2003 Apple launches the iTunes Music Store. Also Skype, calling and instant messaging service and myspace.com launched. and WordPress blog publishing system created. In 2004 Mark Zuckerberg launches thefacebook.com. Mozilla releases Firefox 1.0.In 2006 Google acquires YouTube for $1.65 billion and Twitter launches. -
Period 2007-2012 Social sites
In 2007 Apple releases its first iPhone. In 2008 Google releases the Chrome Web browser and HTML5 is introduced.In 2009 Microsoft’s Bing search engine launches.In 2010 Social photo-sharing sites Pinterest and Instagram launch. In 2011 Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion and Google+ launches.In 2012 Facebook company buys Instagram for $1 billion . -
From 2013 until now
In 2013 Former CIA employee and NSA contractor Edward Snowden turns over thousands of classified documents to media organizations, exposing a top-secret government data surveillance program. In 2014 Facebook buys messaging app Whatsapp for $19 billion. Music videos continue to dominate YouTube's most viewed video lists. The future of the internet Mr Pesce says the greatest change to the internet is likely to come from a flood of new users.
