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Wide Area Network
The U.S. Air Force created the first Wide area network in the late 1950s. -
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Dwight D. Eisenhower created the Advanced Research Projects Agency in 1958. -
Packet-switching concept
Paul Baran is responsible for the packet-switching concept in 1960. -
Apple
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne founded apple -
Modem
The modem was invented by Dale Heatherington and Dennis Hayes in 1977. -
Personal Computer
Don Estridge launched the first personal computer -
Emoticon
Scott Fahlman used the first emoticon on September 19, 1982. -
First Virus
The first virus was a boot sector virus dubbed. -
First Worm
The first worm was created in 1988 and it was called Morris worm or Internet worm. -
World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee introduced the first world wide web in 1989 -
Internet
Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet in 1990. -
Michelangelo Virus
The michelangelo virus was discovered March 6, 1992. -
Mosaic Web Browser
Marc Andreessen created the mosaic web browser in 1993. -
Yahoo
Jerry Yang and David Filo founded yahoo in 1994 -
Internet Explorer
Thomas Reardon launched the internet explorer in 1994, -
Amazon
Amazon was founded by Jeffrey Preston Bezos in 1994. -
Ebay
Ebay was founded by Pierre Morad Omidyar in 1995. -
Instant Messenger
Instant messenger was launched in May of 1997. -
Google
Larry Page and Sergey Brin created google on September 4, 1998. -
Safari Browser
Steve Jobs launched the safari browser on January 7, 2003. -
ITunes
Steve Jobs launched itunes on April 28, 2003. -
Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg launched facebook on February 4, 2004. -
YouTube
YouTube was launched by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim on February of 2005. -
Skype
Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board bought skype in 2009. -
Pinterest
Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp and Paul Sciarra launched pinterest on January 2010. -
Instagram
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launched instagram.