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Sputnik satellite launched into space. It created global communication.
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First mouse was created by Douglas Engelbert
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Charley Kline was the first person to use Internet. It was used to connect to Stanford Research Institute.
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Provided communication network with countries in event of military attack. Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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First email program written by Ray Tomlinson
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Microsystems is created, the company that later creates one of the most popular web browsers.
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Apple Computer is founded. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were the founders.
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American engineer, William Yeager, founded first router.
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Jon Postel, Paul Mackapetris, and Craig Partridge create DNS. (Domain Name System)
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The first computer virus was called "Interneg Worm." It shut down 10% of internet servers.
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Australia connects to the NSFNET.
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CERN releases "WorldWide-Web"
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Programming language, Java, is created
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Popular online buying/selling website. You can buy both new or used things.
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Movie/Show viewing subscription is created.
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The web browser that is used in all Apple products. Created by Apple Inc.
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Social media platform created by Mark Zuckerberg. Created for a certain university.
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Popular video sharing/video search engine is created.
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One of the most popular social media platforms is created. One of the creators was Evan Williams.
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Phone that revolutionized the smart phone. Acted as a hand held computer + phone all in one. It was created by Apple.
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Approximately 1.67 billion people were using the internet as of 2009.
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A study ranked Facebook as the most used social media network in 2009. It had approximately 500 million active users.
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Popular social media platform launches. Allowed users to share photos with friends and allowed people to talk to eachother.
