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Commercial Providers
The first commercial provider of dial-up access to the internet is introduced: World.std.com
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HTML Code
HTML code is developed by a CERN (European Organizations for Nuclear Research) scientist named Tim Berners-Lee
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WWW
The World Wide Web is introduced to the public by CERN -
Surf the Net
The phrase “surfing the internet” begins to be commonly used. Audio and video is first distributed amongst the internet. -
NSFNET
The White House and United Nations go online, and the number of websites increases to 600. The number of computers connected to NSFNET grows to more than 2 million. The National Science Foundation shows the effort to make a new Internet format that supports the commercial use of the network. -
Web Browser Wars
Microsoft creates Windows 95 Web Browser. It is also the beginning of Netscape Communications. Later that year, Yahoo! is created by two graduate students from Stanford; originally titled “Jerry and David’s to the World Wide Web” -
Commercial Enterprise
Compuserve, America Online and Prodigy start to provide Internet access. Three companies go live: Amazon.com, Craiglist and eBay. Finally, the internet’s transformation to a commercial enterprise is completed. -
Microsoft vs. Netscape
The “Browser Wars” begin between Microsoft and Netscape. Tv.com is bought by CNET by $15,000 -
Free Browsing
Netscape makes an announcement that its browser will be free. Microsoft’s internet software can now be removed by users due to a settlement with the Justice Department: -
IP // Google
IP Addresses grow and develop, the most used now is IPv4. Google search engine is created. -
Sharing
Peer-to-peer file sharing is made possible after the arrival of Napster on the Internet. In addition, AOL buys Netscape. -
Dot Com/ Internet Security
Dot.com becomes popular, as well the idea of internet vulnerability. -
Copyrights
Napster is shut down by a federal judge, since the website must find a way to stop users from sharing copyrighted content. -
Search Engines
First public appearance of Myspace, Skype, and Safari Web. SQL Slammer Worm becomes viral. -
Social Networking
Initiation of the “era” of social networking, Facebook and Mozilla Firefox are created. African software company (OPENWORLD LTD) is opened. -
Social Media
Youtube.com and social news site Reddit are launched. -
Twitter!
More services become free and begin making their money through advertisements. Jack Dorsy launches twitter. -
40th Year Anniversary
The Internet turns 40 years old. -
Users and the Internet
Facebook reaches a milestone of four hundred million users. China internet users surpass 450 million. -
Revolutionary Media
Social media plays a role in Middle Eastern revolts, especially Twitter and Facebook. -
Piracy and Copyrights
Obama creates the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect Intellectual Property Right. These result into successes for users with copyrighted content, especially when coming from non-profit organizations like Wikipedia or other websites like Youtube and Google. -
Online Privacy
A CIA ex-employee discovers that the NSA had the ability to interfere and monitor people’s communications through a program. 50% of Americans use online banks. -
Social Media Users
Instagram surpasses 400 million users and Twitter 316 million. -
Virtual Assistants
To add on to the various virtual assistants (e.g Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa), Google launches its very own Google Assistant; a very similar voice-automated VA.
