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First Computer
The first computer was invented by Charles Babbage
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Arpanet Network
irst wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control -
First Email
First email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971 -
First Spam Email
The first spam email was sent by a Digital Equipment Corp marketing representative. -
GIF
Led by a team of programmers at CompuServe led by Steve Wilhite. The first gif was moving clouds over a still image of an airplane that appeared to be moving -
Archie
Considered the first search engine by Alan Emtage -
WWW
Creator Tim Berners-Lee. The first site was about the World Wide Web project, describing the web, and how to use it. -
First webcam
First webcam was created by students from Standford University
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YAHOO!
Established by Jerry Yang and David Filo. Usage declined in late 2000's when it lost market share to Facebook and google. -
Amazon
Created by Jeff Bezos from his garage. Originally was an online marketplace for books and then expanded into a multitude of catergories. -
Netflix
Started out life as a DVD and Blu Ray rental service, sending out discs to customers by mail as a monthly subscription - eventually moved to streaming tv and movies online. -
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Google
Officially launched in 1998 by Larry Page & Sergey Brin to market google search. It is one of the most used web-based search engines. -
Napster
An audio streaming provider, encoded in MP3 format -
Wikipedia
Free online encyclopedia -
My Space
The site was the first social network to reach a global audience, and had a significant influence on technology, pop culture and music -
Facebook
Founded by Mark Zuckerberg, an application that had intentions of being a reliable directory based on real information about students at Harvard. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+about+facebook&qpvt=video+about+facebook&view=detail&mid=9E707D8C42CB9D70223B9E707D8C42CB9D70223B&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dvideo%2Babout%2Bfacebook%26qpvt%3Dvideo%2Babout%2Bfacebook%26FORM%3DVDRE -
YouTube
Created by a trio of people that met while working at PayPal, the company found success after being bought by eBay,
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Twiter
Microblogging and social networking services which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".
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First Iphone
Introduced by Steve Jobs at a keynote address at the Macworld conference and expo. Starting price was $499. -
Instagram
Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service founded -
iCloud
iCloud is a cloud-storage and cloud-computing service from Apple Inc. -
Zoom
Zoom is a cloud-based video conferencing service you can use to virtually meet with others - either by video or audio-only or both, all while conducting live chats.
