Amber's History of the Internet

By alittle15

  • Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) is created

    Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) is created
    Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack

  • The First Computer Game was Invented

    The First Computer Game was Invented
    The first computer game was invented by Stever Russell in 1962, the game was called spaceward. Source

  • First Computer Mouse was Created

    First Computer Mouse was Created
    The computer mouse was invented and developed by Douglas Engelbart with the help of Bill English. Source

  • First Laptop was Released

    First Laptop was Released
    The Osborne 1 was the first laptop and it weighed 23.6 pounds. It had no battery. Source

  • The first emoticon :-)

    The first emoticon :-)
    The first emoticon was used while many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie

  • The First Domain Name

    The First Domain Name
    The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com (in 2009, the domain was sold to XF.com). Source

  • Google was Created

    Google was Created
    The domain google.com was registered on September 15, 1997. They incorporated their company on September 4, 1998 in their friend Susan Wojcicki's garage Source

  • Wikipedia was Created

    Wikipedia was Created
    Wikipedia was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. The concept was that no central organization should control editing. Source

  • When Facebook Launched

    When Facebook Launched
    Founded by Mark Zuckerberg (19-year-old) and began an instant hit and now is one of the biggest websites in the world. Source

  • When YouTube Launched

    When YouTube Launched
    YouTube was created by three former PayPal employees Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. Karim came up with the idea of YouTbube when he hardly found videos of ocean tsunami which happened in India in 2004 and Janet Jackson's and Justin Timberlake's performance. Source

  • When Twitter was Created

    When Twitter was Created
    Twitter started by a podcasting company named Odeo. They wanted to create SMS that would allow a user to communicate with a small group of people. Twitter was first called "status" until the group looked in the dictionary for names and then found Twitter. Source

  • When Instagram Launched

    When Instagram Launched
    Instagram is the #1 photo social platform. Founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and was later bought by Facebook in April 2012 Source