History of the Internet

By jackmbeaulieu

  • Creation

    Leonard Kleinrock is credited for creating the internet.

  • Two Computers Started Sharing Information

    Two computers at MIT Lincoln Lab communicate with one another using packet-switching technology.

  • Microsoft

    Netscape Communications is born. Microsoft creates a Web browser for Windows 95.

  • Online Dating

    Match.com is founded (the first dating site)

  • Netflix

    Netflix is founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph

  • 1998

    Google is founded

  • Facebook and Social Media

    Facebook goes online and the era of social networking begins. Mozilla unveils the Mozilla Firefox browser.

  • YouTube and Reddit

    YouTube.com launches. The social news site Reddit is also founded

  • Instagram and Twitter become popular

    Instagram, the photo-sharing site, reaches 400 million users, outpacing Twitter, which would go on to reach 316 million users by the middle of the same year.

  • Voice Assist

    Google unveils Google Assistant, a voice-activated personal assistant program, marking the entry of the Internet giant into the "smart" computerized assistant marketplace. Google joins Amazon's Alexa, Siri from Apple, and Cortana from Microsoft.