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Modem
Bell Labs researchers invent the modem (modulator - demodulator), which converts digital signals to electrical (analog) signals and back, enabling communication between computers. Communication between computers is necessary for there to be an internet. https://time.graphics/event/816785(http://www.timetoast.com) -
Email
Email is created by Ray Tomilson -
It's Official
The word "Internet" is used for the first time -
Complications
A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers -
White House
The White House launches its website, www.whitehouse.gov.
Initial commerce sites are established and mass marketing campaigns are launched via email, introducing the term “spamming“ to the Internet vocabulary. -
Worldwide
Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet, with roughly 30 million of those in North America (United States and Canada), 9 million in Europe, and 6 million in Asia/Pacific (Australia, Japan, etc.). 43.2 million (44%) U.S. households own a personal computer, and 14 million of them are online. -
Google
Google opens its first office in California -
Innovation
College student Shawn Fanning invents Napster, a computer application that allows users to swap music over the Internet. -
YouTube
YouTube.com is launched. -
Websites
There are more than 92 million websites online. -
Music
Legal online music downloads triple to 6.7 million downloads per week. -
Impact on Sports
Colorado Rockies' computer system crashes when it receives 8.5 million hits within the first 90 minutes of World Series ticket sales. -
Competition
In a move to challenge Google's dominance of search and advertising on the Internet, software giant Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion. https://www.thestreet.com/story/13655197/1/what-would-have-happened-if-microsoft-had-bought-yahoo-in-2008.html(http://www.timetoast.com) -
Google Dominating
Google+ service launches in public beta on 28 June; surpasses 10M users in Jul 2011, 100M in Feb 2012, and 400M in Sep 2012. https://www.sheilasguide.com/2012/01/27/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-google/(http://www.timetoast.com) -
Facebook Still Going
Facebook reaches 1 billion monthly active users (604M mobile) on 14 Sep @ 12:50pm PT, with 581M daily on average. https://money.cnn.com/2012/10/04/technology/facebook-billion-users/index.html(http://www.timetoast.com) -
Entertainment
Netflix and YouTube account for over 50% of Internet traffic measured by bytes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2013/11/11/netflix-and-youtube-accounts-for-over-50-of-peak-fixed-network-data-in-north-america/#1f14796427d6(http://www.timetoast.com) -
25 Years
Internet Society celebrates 25th anniversary (1 Jan). https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2017/09/internet-societys-25th-anniversary-renewal-commitment/(http://www.timetoast.com)
