Internet Services

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    Evolution of Internet Services

  • Videoconferencing

    Videoconferencing
    AT&T was ready to introduce its first public videoconferencing tool—a videophone called the Picturephone—at the World's Fair.
    Two or more people converse with image and sound on line using the webcam and microphone.
  • File Transfer (FTP)

    File Transfer (FTP)
    Allows you to transfer files and folders from one computer to another computer by accessing directly to the receiver computer. It´s usually private, and requires username and password.
  • Electronic Commerce (e-commerce)

    Electronic Commerce (e-commerce)
    Made it possible for closed information systems to be opened and shared by outside parties for secure data transmission — and the technology became the foundation for modern ecommerce.
  • Digital Press

    Digital Press
    The first newspaper to go online was The Columbus Dispatch
  • IRC (chat)

    IRC (chat)
    two or more people communicate one each other publicly or privately writing in real time through the network
  • E-Government

    E-Government
    It´s a use of ICTs to provide citizens the access to government administrations and to make transactions without having to appear in person at the offices.
    Videoe-Government
  • e-Learning

    e-Learning
    The Start. Online Learning or e-Learning can go back to the 1990s, where the trend started and was emerging. In this decade, the development of personal computers was on the rise. E-Learning became more simplified, and it was easier to learn skills online.
  • Digital Working

    Digital Working
    Over 30 years ago, computerized procedures were initiated and in companies have already integrated many automated operations.
  • Messaging

    Messaging
    Allows the exchange of messages in real time with other people you are connected with at the time, with the same program and have to be registered in a list of contacts. Some programs allow voice conversations or video.
  • Forum

    Forum
    Two or more people exchange views, information and ideas through messages asking and answering questions and reading the answers.
    Early web-based forums date back as far as 1994, with the WIT project from W3 Consortium and starting from this time, many alternatives were created.
    Forum
  • Blog

    Blog
    Most experts agree that the first blog was Links.net, created this year by then-student Justin Hall as a place to publish his writing. The site consisted entirely of brief posts, each one sharing a link and some of his thoughts on the content within.
  • Wikis

    Wikis
    Cunningham created the first wiki in 1994, and released it in 1995, in order to facilitate communication between software developers. He chose "WikiWikiWeb" as the name based on his memories of the "Wiki Wiki Shuttle" at Honolulu International Airport, and because "wiki" is the Hawaiian word for "quick". The website met with success, and began to spawn alternative wiki applications and websites over the next five years.
    History of Wikis
  • Digital Radio

    Digital Radio
    The DAB standard was initiated as a European research project called Eureka-147 in the 1980s. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) launched the first DAB channel in the world on 1 June 1995 (NRK Klassisk), and the BBC and Swedish Radio (SR) launched their first broadcasts later that year.
  • Social Networking

    Social Networking
    Space for dialogue where registered users connect with friends, colleagues, family to send messages, share pictures, discuss issues, etc.
  • Networks Co

    Networks Co
    The first coworking space as such was opened in San Francisco by Brad Neuberg, who offered from 5 to 8 desks a couple of days a week and different services such as; wifi network, meditation rooms, bike rides, massages or shared meals.
  • Digital Television

    Digital Television
    Digital television technology emerged to public view in the 1990s. In the United States professional action was spurred by a demonstration in 1987 of a new analog high-definition television (HDTV) system by NHK, Japan's public television network.
    On June 12, 2009, the federal government discontinued analog broadcasting, and TV stations across the country began broadcasting solely in digital format — the birth of high-definition television (HDTV) as we know it today.