Evolution of the Internet Timeline

By CrypticVoyagerX19

  • Who created Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and when?

    By U.S. Department of Defense

  • What pioneer is responsible for packet-switching concept?

    By Paul Baran

  • When was the modem invented and by whom?

    By AT&T

  • Who created first wide-area network (WAN)?

    By Lawrence G. Roberts

  • What year was the Internet invented? By whom?

    By .ARPANET

  • What was the first virus? When was it created?

    The creeper virus

  • When was Apple founded?

    Apple was founded on April 1, 1976.

  • When does IBM launch the personal computer

  • Who used the first emoticon -)

    Scott Fahlman

  • When was the first worm created and what was the name?

    The first worm was created in 1988 and it was called the Morris Worm.

  • Who introduces the World Wide Web by whom?

    Introduced by Tim Berners-Lee

  • When was the Michelangelo virus created?

    The Michelangelo virus was created in February 1991.

  • When was the Mosaic web browser launched?

  • When was Yahoo founded?

    Yahoo was founded on January 1994.

  • Amazon and eBay was founded when?

    Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, and eBay was founded on September 3, 1995.

  • When was Internet Explorer launched? By whom?

    By microsoft

  • When does AOL launch instant messenger?

    AOL launched instant messenger (AIM) on May 1997.

  • When was Google founded?

    Google was founded on September 4, 1998.

  • When did Apple launch iTunes and Safari browsers?

    Apple launched iTunes on January 9, 2001, and the Safari browser on January 7, 2003.

  • What was the first mobile virus and when was it created?

    The first mobile virus was called "Cabir" and it was created in 2004.

  • When was Facebook launched? By whom?

    By Mark Zuckerberg

  • When was YouTube launched and by whom?

    By Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim

  • When does Apple launch the iPhone?

    Apple launched the iPhone on June 29, 2007.

  • When was Instagram and Pinterest launched?

    Instagram: October 6, 2010
    Pinterest: March 2010

  • Who bought Skype and when?

    By Microsoft