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Sputnik
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite into space. The United States were worried that the Soviet Union was advancing to much in their technology and because of this, it sparked new agencies such as NASA and ARPA to form. With America slowly realizing the threat of the Soviet Union, Agencies were tasked with the job to crate rockets, weapons and computers. -
Email
Ray Tomlinson is credited in creating the email. Email at the time was simply sending a message from one computer to another. He also picked the @ symbol to indicate that a user was sending a message. -
DNS
The domain name system allowed users to type in something with words, which then converted it unto an IP address automatically. -
"You've got mail!"
Instant Messenger is launched and welcomes users wuth the greeting "you've got mail". -
World Wide Web
The first web page was created and it's purpose was to inform people what it was. -
First Webcam
At Cambridge University, a coffee maker was filmed live to see when the brew was finished, which displayed the image back to the receiving computer making it the first webcam -
Government
This marked the beginning of government websites. Domain names such as .gov and .org allowed the government to have their own websites with the domain names indicating that it was theirs. -
First Internet Purchase
The first online purchase was from PIzza Hut and the order was for a pepperoni pizza with mushrooms and extra cheese -
First Cellphone with internet
Nokia released the first cellphone with internet capabilities. -
Netflix
Netflix is launched as a company that sends DVD's to homes. -
Google
Google.com is registered as a domain. -
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is first launched and it welcomed users with what it was and the function of Wikipedia. -
iTunes
Apple launches its iTunes Music Store, selling songs for 99 cents each. -
YouTube
On Valentines day, YouTube was founded, its first video was about elephants. -
Twitter
Twitter is founded and the first tweet ever sent was "just setting up my twttr" -
First iPhone
Apple releases their first phone, the iPhone. -
Campaign videos
In 2008, another U.S. election was being held, and it was the first time candidates advertised over online videos through YouTube. -
Bing
Microsoft releases their search engine: Bing. -
Photosharing
Instagram and Pinterest launch creating photo sharing platforms. -
Internet Usage
The country with the most people accessing the internet reaches 450 million users and they're all from China.
