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Who created first wide-area network (WAN)?
The first known WAN was created by the U.S. Air Force in the late 1950s to interconnect sites in the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) radar defense system. An enormous network of dedicated phone lines, telephones, and modems linked the sites together. -
Who created Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and when?
Eisenhower in a meeting called after the launch of Sputnik. ARPA was formally authorized by President Eisenhower in 1958 for the purpose of forming and executing research and development projects to expand the frontiers of technology and science, and able to reach far beyond immediate military requirements. -
What pioneer is responsible for packet-switching concept?
Packet switching was invented independently by Paul Baran and Donald Davies in the early and mid 1960s and then developed by a series of scientists and engineers in the late 1960s and 1970s. Their approach to data communication revolutionized the way that digital information is sent along telecommunication lines. -
The modem
The first modem to be made commercially available in the United States was the Bell 103 modem, introduced in 1962 by the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T). -
What was the first virus? When was it created?
As noted by Discovery, the Creeper program, often regarded as the first virus, was created in 1971 by Bob Thomas of BBN. Creeper was actually designed as a security test to see if a self-replicating program was possible. -
When was Apple founded?
Apple was founded on April 1, 1976, Los Altos, CA -
When does IBM launch the personal computer
The IBM PC debuted on August 12, 1981, after a twelve-month development. Pricing started at $1,565 for a configuration with 16 KB RAM, Color Graphics Adapter, keyboard, and no disk drives. -
Who used the first emoticon -)
Although it has been claimed that the first emoticon appeared in 1979, the first substantiated use of an emoticon came from American computer scientist Scott E. Fahlman on September 19, 1982 -
When was the first worm created and what was the name?
The Morris Worm was a self-replicating computer program (worm) written by Robert Tappan Morris, a student at Cornell University, and released from MIT on November 2, 1988. -
What year was the internet invented/ By whom?
Tim Berners-Lee first proposed the idea of a 'web of information' in 1989. It relied on 'hyperlinks' to connect documents together. -
Who introduces the World Wide Web by whom?
Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. -
When was the Michelangelo virus created?
The Michelangelo virus is a computer virus first discovered on 3 February 1991 in Australia. The virus was designed to infect DOS systems, but did not engage the operating system or make any OS calls. Michelangelo, like all boot sector viruses, operated at the BIOS level. -
Mosiac Web browser is set for launch
The Mosiac web browser was first launched -
When was Yahoo founded?
Yahoo is founded on Jan. 1994 -
Amazon was founded when?
July 5, 1994, in Bellevue, Washington, U.S. U.S. Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington. -
Internet Explorer ( IE) is set for launch by Microsoft.
Microsoft debuts its first web browser called Internet Explorer which was its most popular way to access the internet. -
When was Ebay founded?
Ebay was founded on Sept,3 1995 -
When does AOL launch instant messenger?
AOL Instant Messenger was finally launched in May of 1997 (Bowman, 2017). The platform was released quietly, but quickly garnered worldwide attention -
When was Google founded?
Google was founded on September 4, 1998, Menlo Park, CA -
When did Apple launch iTunes
The iTunes media platform was first released by Apple in 2001 as a simple music player for Mac computers. Over time, iTunes developed into a sophisticated multimedia content manager, hardware synchronization manager and e-commerce platform. -
When did Apple launch Safari browsers?
Safari was introduced in Mac OS X Panther in January 2003. It has been included with the iPhone since the first generation iPhone in 2007. At that time, Safari was the fastest browser on the Mac. Between 2007 and 2012, Apple maintained a Windows version, but abandoned it due to low market share. -
What was the first mobile virus and when was it created?
In June 2004, security researchers were sent copies of the first mobile virus, Cabir, a worm that infected the Symbian 60 OS. Written by members of an international group of virus writers, 29A, it was a proof-of-concept virus written in C++ using Symbian and Nokia's own SDK. -
When was Facebook launched? By whom?
Facebook is a social networking service originally launched as TheFacebook on February 4, 2004, before changing its name to simply Facebook in August 2005. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. -
When was YouTube launched and by whom?
Accessible worldwide, YouTube was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States, it is the second-most visited website in the world, after Google Search. -
When does Apple launch the iPhone?
Apple's first iPhone was announced by Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, and it was released on June 29, 2007 -
When was Instagram and Pinterest launched?
Instagram was launched on Oct. 6, 2010. And Pinterest launched 2 years after Instagram -
Who bought Skype and when?
On 10 May 2011, Microsoft Corporation acquired Skype Communications, S. à r.l for US$8.5 billion. It was incorporated as a division of Microsoft, which acquired all its technologies with the purchase.