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Invention of telegraph
Revolutionized long-distance communication. Used Morse Code to help send complex messages easily. (HISTORY. November 9, 2009. “Morse Code & the Telegraph.” Retrieved from https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/telegraph) -
Invention of telephone
Alexander Graham Bell gets first patent for telephone device and three days later makes a phone call to Thomas Watson (his assistant) and says “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.” (HISTORY. November 9, 2009. “Alexander Graham Bell.” Retreived from https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/alexander-graham-bell) -
First email sent
Ray Tomlinson sends the first email to himself, saying “qwertyuiop” to a computer in the same room. Tomlinson is also credited with using the “@” to separate the name from the location is email address we see today. (Swatman, Rachel. August 19, 2015. “1971: First Email Sent.” Retrieved from
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Tim Berners-Lee & the Web
Tim Berners-Lee is credited with creating the World Wide Web and the early stages of the Internet that we know today (Internet Society. n.d. “Tim Berners-Lee.” Retrieved from https://internethalloffame.org/inductees/tim-berners-lee) -
Netscape becomes popular
After beating out Mosaic, Netscape becomes the most popular web browser (Copper, Sean. May 10, 2014. “Whatever happened to Netscape?” Retrieved from https://www.engadget.com/2014/05/10/history-of-netscape/) -
Internet Explorer takes over
Microsoft created this web browser and it was offered as an add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year. By 2003, it had about 95% usage share. (BBC. May 4, 2010. “Microsoft’s Internet Explorer losing browser share. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/10095730) -
Myspace created
Co-founded by Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, Myspace was the first social-networking site before Facebook. From 2005 to 2008, MySpace was the most visited social networking site in the world. (Kozlowski, Lori. May 15, 2012. “New Life: How Myspace Spawned a Start-Up Ecosystem.” Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorikozlowski/2012/05/15/how-myspace-spawned-a-startup-ecosystem/#23eac5840bae) -
Facebook launches
Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates Facebook specifically for social networking in educational institutions. By 2006, anyone with a registered email address can sign up. (Phillips, Sarah. July 25, 2007. “A brief history of Facebook.” Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jul/25/media.newmedia) -
Twitter created
Twitter started out as an SMS-based communications platform. Groups of friends could keep tabs on what each other were doing based on their status updates. (MacArthur, Amanda. Nov. 2, 2018. “A Real History of Twitter, In Brief.” Retrieved from https://www.lifewire.com/history-of-twitter-3288854) -
Google Chrome introduced
A browser used for accessing the World Wide Web and running web-based applications. (Rouse, Margaret. Jan 2013. “Google Chrome browser. Retrieved from https://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/definition/Google-Chrome-browser) -
Instagram launches
First photo sharing service where users can share and like photos. (Woods, Ben. June 21, 2013. “Instagram-A Brief History.” Retrieved from https://thenextweb.com/magazine/2013/06/21/instagram-a-brief-history/) -
Snapchat rebrand
First named Picaboo, what would later become known as Snapchat, was created by Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy. This app allows for pictures to be sent that will eventually disappear, this was initially only available in the iOS app store. (Bernazzani, Sophia. Feb. 10, 2017. "A Brief History of Snapchat." Retrieved fromhttps://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/history-of-snapchat)
