Evolution of the Internet Timeline

wide-area network (WAN) made by the U.S. Air Force

1950

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)

Feb 7, 1958

By Dwight D. Eisenhower

modem invented

1962

By AT&T

pioneer is responsible for packet-switching concept is Paul Baran

Jan 1, 1962

first computer virus

1971

the Creeper program by Bob Thomas of BBN

Apple is founded

Apr 1, 1976

IBM launchs the personal computer

Aug 1, 1981

Internet invented

1983

Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web

first worm created, the Morris worm

Nov 2, 1988

introduces the World Wide Web

1989

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN.

the Michelangelo virus is created

Feb 3, 1991

first emoticon -)

Sep 19, 1992

first used by computer scientist Scott E. Fahlman

Mosaic web browser launched

Jan 23, 1993

Yahoo is founded

1994

Amazon is founded

Jul 5, 1994

Internet Explorer launched

Aug 16, 1995

By Microsoft Corporation

eBay is founded

Sep 3, 1995

AOL launches instant messenger

1997

Google is founded

Sep 4, 1998

iTunes is launched

Jan 9, 2001

Safari browser is launched

Jan 7, 2003

first mobile virus

2004

first mobile virus Cabir, a worm that infected the Symbian 60 OS

Facebook launched by Mark Zuckerburg

Feb 1, 2004

YouTube launched

Feb 14, 2005

by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim

Apple launch launches the iPhone

Jun 29, 2007

Instagram and Pinterest launched

Jan 1, 2010

Microsoft Corporation buys skype

May 10, 2011