GRIFFEY LARSEN RISE OF THE INTERNET EVENTS

A 7-Billion Internet-Enabled Device Increase by the End of 2018.

2018

https://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html

Phase 2 Vessel of Microsofts "Project Natick" is dropped in the UK

2018

https://natick.research.microsoft.com

5G Networks are Launched

2019

https://5gobservatory.eu/about/what-is-5g/#:~:text=5G%20deployments%20arguably%20started%20in,countries%20with%20only%20four%20exceptions.

COVID-19 Strikes World-Wide, Increasing Social Media Use by over 70% of Survey Respondents.

Mar 17, 2020

https://today.uconn.edu/2022/06/finding-social-support-through-social-media-during-covid-lockdowns/#:~:text=During%20the%20first%20wave%20in,same%20from%20the%20first%20wave.

Post-Pandemic (first wave), 85% of Americans Now Own Smartphones.

Apr 7, 2021

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/