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Tim Burners Lee writes a proposal for the world wide web.
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EPIC 2014
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Jeff Bezos founds Amazon.com
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Sergey Brin and larry Page launch google.com
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Jim Barton and Mike Ramsay invent TiVo
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Pyra Labs launches Blogger: a personal publishing tool.
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Jonathan Abrams launches Friendster.
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Google buys Blogger for an undisclosed amount
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Sony and Phillips unveil digital paper.
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Google launches Gmail
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Reason magazine sends its subscribers a personalized issue.
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Microsoft launches newsbot, a social newsfilter
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Amazon launches A9, a search engine built on Google's technology
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Google goes public
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Google buys TiVo
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Microsoft buys Friendster
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Google creates the Google Grid
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Microsoft responds by creating Newsbotster
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Google and Amazon form an alliance. Googlezon is born.
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The New York Times switches to a paid online subscription model
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The News Wars between Google and Microsoft erupt
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The New York times sues Googlezon.
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Google launches EPIC
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The New York Times goes offline.