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ARPANET LAUNCH
The first message was sent between two ARPANET ( Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) computers, and the ARPA network was formed. -
FIRST EMAIL SENT
Ray Tomlinson, who played a key role in ARPANET's development, was able to send the first version of what we now call today an email https://youtu.be/XhXk3wzemR4 -
First Online Game
Maze War, a first person shooting game, was the first game to ever be available online via the ARPANET network, meaning players could play against each other for the first time while not in the same room https://youtu.be/9wX5L03r-qA -
FIRST SPAM EMAIL
Gary Thuerk, a marketing manager, sounds out the first bulk commercial unsolicited email which is what we refer to as a Spam email today. -
Invention of the GIF
The GIF, or graphical interchange format, are a kind of highly compressed images was invented by Steve Wilhite -
DAWN OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Sir Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. A document called "Information Management: A proposal" would be released by him detailing an outline of communication that would incorporate an emerging technology called hypertext. https://youtu.be/loi6PYaRqHA -
FIRST SEARCH ENGINE
Alan Emtage creates the worlds first search engine called Archie, allowing users to find specific files across the expanding internet more easily. https://digital-archaeology.org/an-interview-with-alan-emtage/ -
GLOBAL WORLD WIDE WEB
CERN releases the World Wide Web software into the public domain, allowing the internet to truly spread -
FIRST SMART PHONE
The first notable smartphones would start to come out this year, such as the NOKIA 9000 communicator which was able to browse the web and send emails. -
FIRST MEME
Memes run our modern world, and people have always been drawn to them . The first internet meme, Originally a sample animation file for a 3D art program called Character Studio, the dancing baby started to proliferate throughout the internet in 1996 according to TechCrunch. https://youtu.be/-5x5OXfe9KY -
FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA
The first notable social media that resembles what we use today was invented called Six Degrees. The website allowed for public users to interact and express ideas with their friends, families, or strangers -
FIRST POP UP AD
Ethan Zuckerman wile working as a designer and programmer for Tripod.com, invented the first pop-up while trying to analyze users personal homepages to better target them with ads. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/advertising-is-the-internets-original-sin/376041/ -
GOOGLE LAUNCHED
Google was official launched by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to market Google Search, which would go on to become the most used web based search engine in the world. -
INVENTION OF WIFI
Vic Hayes and his team at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) updated the standard for Wi-Fi to 802.11b, which would end up being the international standard. -
THE BROADBAND REVOLUTION
For the first time. broadband use surpasses dial up internet usage for the first time. -
INTRODUCTION OF IPHONE
Apple releases a phone that revolutionizes the way that mobile users navigate across the internet -
INTERNET IN SPACE
NASA with Dr. Vinton Cerf, who is considered as one of the fathers of the internet, developed the Delay or Disruption Tolerant Network (DTN), which was successfully tested in 2008. The experiment successfully sent images to a spacecraft 20 million kilometers away -
FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA UPRISING
The role of social media in the government protest movements called The Arab Spring showed just how powerful this tool had become, being used to organize a protest against many countries oppressive governments. [https://youtu.be/zJSSEAMSKWw]{https://youtu.be/zJSSEAMSKWw) -
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MACHINE LEARNING TAKES FLIGHT
With a now fast enough internet, smart enough computers, and a large enough set of available data to access, machine learning becomes practical and exponential -
MAINSTREAM SMART TECHNOLOGY
For the first time, a majority of American adults own a smart phone at an incredible 56%, increased from 35% just two years earlier. -
VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS & SMART SPEAKERS
Virtual Assistants become a new hot commodity, with products like Google Home and the Amazon Echo hitting the market.