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ARPANET
Advanced Research Project Agency was created by the U.S. Department of Defense. It was created incase of natural disaster or nuclear war.
http://moodle.nisdtx.org/course/view.php?id=11998
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Email
In 1972 email was invented by Ray Tomlinson. He wrote the basic send and read email software. It was needed for ARPANET developers for an easy coordination mechanism.
http://www.historyofthings.com/history-of-the-internet
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Computers
Computers became easy to use. They were easily affordable for businesses, universities and individuals. It was in the 1980's.
http://www.historyofthings.com/history-of-the-internet
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CSNET
The CSNET was created for scientific research. In 1981 they came up with a plan to let computers that used ARPANET or CSNET to connect to both networks. This made it easy for both to communicate with each other.
http://www.historyofthings.com/history-of-the-internet
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Internet
The term "internet" started being used in 1982.
http://moodle.nisdtx.org/course/view.php?id=11998
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World Wide Web
The World Wide Web was created in 1989 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Sir Sam Walker and Robert Caillau.
http://www.historyofthings.com/history-of-the-internet
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Internet Becomes Available
In 1991 the internet became available for everyone to use.
http://moodle.nisdtx.org/course/view.php?id=11998
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Yahoo
In the early 1990’s Yahoo was created by Jerry Yang and David Filo. In 1995 the name was changed to Yahoo. It started as a directory of websites and now it offers so many things to use.
https://successstory.com/companies/yahoo-inc
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Amazon
In 1995 Amazon launched as a website that could be used to buy only books. The founder Jeff Bezos had a vision that he wanted Amazon to be an “everything store.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-jeff-bezos-facts-story-history-2014-5
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Google
Google was created on September 15, 1997 as a search engine.
https://www.google.com/search?q=when%20was%20google%20created&rlz=1CADEAC_enUS708US708&oq=when%20was%20google%20cre&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.7736j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on
http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/google-doesnt-just-have-new-logo-it-has-whole-new-look-mobile-age-166661 -
Shift From Traditional Retailing
E-commerce in the future will change the way that people buy. Shops can start turning into places that are reserved for product demos.
http://tech.co/5-predictions-future-e-commerce-2015-04
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E-Commerce Growth for Mobile Devices
People already use mobile e-commerce on some apps like Amazon Prime. Now that smartphones are what everybody is using this will probably start to grow a lot.
http://tech.co/5-predictions-future-e-commerce-2015-04
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Same Day Shipping
Amazon Prime already does same day shipping and a lot of people love that. In the future there will be companies that start moving to same day shipping also.
http://tech.co/5-predictions-future-e-commerce-2015-04
https://cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/06-2015/front_porch_parcel_theft.asp -
Customer Care
In the future companies could start setting up customer support desks so that customers have someone to reach to. Companies need customers to keep buying from them so having good customer care is important.
http://tech.co/5-predictions-future-e-commerce-2015-04
http://www.jacoelectronics.com/customer-service
