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ARPANET
ARPANET was a wide area networking linking Universities and research centers. Created to make it easier for people to access computers and have more effective communication method for the military.
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First Email
Ray Tomlinson sent the first email to another compute in the same room. Now this is the most common use of communication including e-commerce interaction. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-first-ever-email--the-first-tweet--and-12-other-famous-internet-firsts-181209886.html -
Online Shopping
Micheal Aldrich invented the first online shopping system where a company could sell to a consumer, or companies could sell to other companies.
http://netonomy.net/2013/10/30/online-shopping-started-in-1979-birthplace-the-uk/ -
Minitel
The Minitel is a videotex online service accessible through the telephone lines, and one of the most successful pre-World Wide Web services.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/02/business/online-cohabitation-internet-minitel-videotex-system-france-proves-unusually.html -
Swreg provides software
Software began to be provided to authors giving them the means to sell products online through an electronic merchant account.
http://faq.swreg.org/ -
WorldWideWeb
Tim Berners-Lee writes the first web browser on a NeXT computer.
http://webfoundation.org/about/vision/history-of-the-web/ -
Amazon
Jeff Bozos founded Amazon which was a strong market in e-commerce an the first commercial 24 hour service that started out as an online bookstore.
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-jeff-bezos-facts-story-history-2014-5 -
First Internet Phone
AT&T created the PocketNet which was the first internet enabled phone. But was never shipped to the general public.
https://www.brightcove.com/en/blog/2009/03/first-internet-phone-circa-1996 -
Social Networking
Six degrees was one of the first popular social networking cites. It later closed due to lack of funding.
http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/then-and-now-a-history-of-social-networking-sites/2/ -
Electronic Stamps
Electronic postal stamps are able to be purchased. -
connected car
Turning a car into a mobile entertainment center with everything available on your smartphone like music, social media, and communication.
http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/10-predictions-for-the-future-of-the-internet-of-things -
Digital nations
People will be so connected to each other via the internet that they will be able to create new digital nations that a person can be apart of.
http://www.businessinsider.com/sc/future-of-the-internet-in-5-years-2015-2 -
Virtual schools
Teachers will be able to use virtual schools to give students information they need. These schools will help personalize the lesson to each student.
http://www.businessinsider.com/sc/future-of-the-internet-in-5-years-2015-2
