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USSR Launches Sputnik
USSR launches Sputnik into space and, with it, global communications. -
Bell Labs Invents Modem
Bell Labs researchers invent the modem, which leads to communication between computers. -
ARPANET
ARPANET establishes 1st computer-to-computer link. -
First Data Packets
The first data packets were sent between networked computers on October 29th by Charley Kline at UCLA. -
First Email in Germany
The first email arrives in Germany from the U.S. on August 3, 1984. -
Tim Berners-Lee Creates WWW
Tim Berners-Lee creates the World Wide Web. Robert Cailliau helps Berners-Lee author a proposal for funding. -
NCSA Releases Mosaic Browser
Mark Andreessen and Eric Bina create the Mosaic browser at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), -
Amazon is Founded
Amazon is the largest Internet-based retailer in the United States -
Craig Newmark Founds Craigslist
Craig Newmark founds Craigslist, which is one of the most widely used websites on the Internet. -
Ebay is Founded
Ebay is an american multinational corporation and e-commerce company, providing consumer to consumer & business to consumer sales services via Internet. -
Google is Founded
On September 4, Google files for incorporation in California. -
Myspace is Founded
Myspace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. -
Facebook is Founded
Facebook is an online social networking service. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg. -
Youtube is Founded
YouTube is a video-sharing website. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005 -
Soundcloud is Founded
SoundCloud is a Swedish online audio distribution platform based in Berlin, Germany, that enables its users to upload, record, promote, and share their originally-created sounds.
