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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA Connected for the First Time
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An Arpanet Network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created. -
Email was first Developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to seperate the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name.) -
The Beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network", which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP) -
The First Personal Computer Modem is Invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
Spam is Born
The first unsolicited commercial email message (later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
MUD- The earliest form of Multiplayer Games was Debuted
The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
The First Emoticon :-)
The first emoticon was used while many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon inn 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie. -
The Domain Name System was Created
The first Domain Name System (DNS) was created. The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically. -
World Wide Web Protocols Finished
The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
First Web Page Created 1991
Brought some major innovations to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. -
History of Amazon
Amazon is a company that sells goods over the Internet and then ships them. This company was founded by Jeff Bezos and was originally just a bookstore till it quickly added a variety of items onto it. The headquarters are in Seattle, Washington. https://www.thebalance.com/amazon-com-company-research-2071316 -
The Launch of Google
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, students at Stanford University, were doing a research project when they found Google. Larry Page wanted to explore the mathematical properties of the World Wide Web. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Google -
Creation of eBay
eBay was found by Pierre Omidyar's San Jose in his living room. It was meant to be a marketplace that sold goods and service for anybody. Jeff Skoll was the co-founder. They brought in Meg Whitman to sustain the success. http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~magnus/ief248a/eBay/history.html -
When Wikipedia Started
Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger were the original founders of Wikipedia. Nupedia, a new online encyclopedia, was changed and Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger started Wikipedia using the concept and technology of a wiki pioneered in 1995 by Ward Cunningham. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia -
Myspace enters the Internet
Myspace was founded by employees of eUniverse, an internet marketing company, after they saw potential in Friendster's concept. Chris DeWolfe, Brad Greenspan, Tom Anderson and Josh Berman were the employees that worked on Myspace. Largest social networking site from 2005-2008. http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/02/127480/myspace-still-exists-yes-and-now-time-inc-owns-it -
Launch of Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service whcih was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with help from his fellow college roommates and Harvard University student Eduardo Saverin. Originally, it was set up as a type of "hot or not" game for Harvard students. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Facebook -
The First Time YouTube came to the Internet
YouTube became a website when PayPal employees created a video-sharing website where users could upload, share and view content. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_YouTube -
Start of Twitter
Titter was originally called "twttr" inspired by Flickr. Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, and Evan WIlliams are the founders of Twitter. They did not know what would come out of their creation, but it was big. Jack Dorsey wrote the first tweet on March 21, 2006. http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/twitter-history-2006-2014/500361 -
Pintrest Came to the Internet
Pinterst is a photo sharing website. Founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp, Pinterst was called a "catalog of ideas" instead of a social networking site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinterest -
Yahoo!
Yahoo was founded at Stanford University by Jerry Yang and David Filo. They were electrical engineering graduates. Originally, Yahoo was called "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web". Yahoo was a guide to other websites, like Google. Carol Bratz replaced Jerry Yang as co-founder in January 2009. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Yahoo!
