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ENIAC was created to be the first general-purposes electronic computer by John Mauchly and J. Eckert. -
ARPANET was created as the first public network of computers which was used as originally connected government agencies and research institutions. -
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Considered to be the first online game, Maze War was made playable on ARPANET. Maze War is planning a rerelease on Steam. -
The Columbus Dispatch became the first newspaper to be distributed online. This caused the eventual widespread move from paper style news sources to online news sources. -
The internet's first search engine, Archie, is created. This makes it much easier for files to be found and accessed on the web. -
The web goes worldwide as the code becomes public domain and accessible for anyone, from anywhere. -
The Nokia 9000 Communicator becomes the first smartphone released by Nokia, newly capable of cellular internet connectivity -
The first internet scam was recorded as users of AOL would pretend to be administrators of the program in order to steal other users' passwords. This process was named "phishing". -
The first pop-up ad was created, allowing advertisers to cause an ad to cover a section of users' screens. The original creator was interviewed, and an interesting article can be found here. -
The first form of the Wifi we know today was created by the IEEE, and had a transmission speed of about 2 Mbit/s. Most internet activities today require a minimum of 5 Mbit/s or more. -
SixDegrees, considered to be the first social media site, was introduced to the web. This allowed users to create profiles, create posts, and become friends with other users. -
The most popular search engine in recent times was created. Has dominated the internet ever since by constantly diversifying its uses. -
Call of duty was huge for the video game industry which become a common household name, this was a real staple of the video game industry and this game developed a competitive culutre -
Originally was called "TheFacebook", Facebook became one of the world's largest sites. It has been a long lasting social media giant to this day. -
Youtube is a video content website were users can upload videos that they make to an audience and get paid for it depending on viewership. -
Smart phones become a crucial part in the phone industry enabling so much more to be done with a phone. -
Antennas in space are used to ping wifi through huge regions. DTN uses satellites to transfer data to and from places rapidly. A link from NASA on how DTN software works can be found here. -
Amazon released the first Echo speaker, which Alexa incorporated. This allowed users to get answers to questions on the web, play music, and more by just using their voice to communicate with Alexa. -
ChatGPT was huge when first released. It allowed people to use ai to solve complex problems in mere seconds which was super groundbreaking at the time.