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1962- advanced research projects agency is created(ARPA)
found a way that computers can talk to each other incase of nuclear attack. -
1969- computers at stanford and ucla connected for the first time
The first hosts on what would one day be the internet -
1970- An arpanet network was established
interface messege process was created -
1971- Email was first developed
u could no communicate with people -
1974- The beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network", which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP). -
1975- Microsoft was founded by paul Allen and bill gates
Allen came up with the original name of Micro-Soft, a portmanteau of microcomputer and software.[12] Hyphenated in its early incarnations, on November 26, 1976 the company was registered under that name with the Secretary of State of New Mexico. The company's first international office was founded on November 1, 1978, in Japan, entitled "ASCII Microsoft" (now called "Microsoft Japan"), and on November 29, 1979, the term, "Microsoft" was first used by Bill Gates. -
1977- The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
1978- Spam is born
The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
1979- MUD
The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted- The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
1982- The first emoticon :-)
The first emoticon was used While many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie. -
1984: The domain name system was created
The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically. -
1990: World Wide Web protocols
finished The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
1991: First web page created 1991 brought some major innovations
to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. -
1994- yahoo was founded
yahoo was started at Stanford university. is globally known for its Web portal, search engine Yahoo! Search, and related services, including Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping, video sharing, fantasy sports, and its social media website.link -
1994
It is the largest Internet-based retailer in the world by total sales and market capitalization.[14] Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, later diversifying to sell DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs, video downloads/streaming, MP3 downloads/streaming, audiobook downloads/streaming, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys and jewelry. The company also produces consumer electronics.link -
1995- ebay was created
eBay was founded in Pierre Omidyar's San Jose l in September 1995. It was from the start meant to be a marketplace for the sale of goods and services for individuals. In 1998 Pierre and his cofounder Jeff Skoll brought in Meg Whitman to sustain the success. Meg had studied at the Harvard Business School and had learned the importance of branding at companies such as Hasbro. (sorce)(http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~magnus/ief248a/eBay/history.html) -
1996- google began as a beta
students at Stanford University. In search of a dissertation theme, Page had been considering—among other things—exploring the mathematical properties of the World Wide Web, understanding its link structure as a huge graph.link -
2001- xbox was introduced by microsoft
Xbox is a video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. It represents a series of video game consoles developed by Microsoft, with three consoles released in the sixth, seventh, and eighth generations respectively. The brand also represents applications (games), streaming services, and an online service by the name of Xbox Live. google -
2004- facebook was launched
in 2004 Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook while studying psychology at Harvard University. A computer programmer Zuckerberg had already developed a number of social networking websites for other students, including Coursematch, which allowed users to view people taking their degree, and Facemash, where you could rate people's attractivene.link -
2005- devolpment of spotify
spotify was a music program meant to compete with Napster and itunes -
2007-netflix was rising
In 1998, about a year after Netflix's founding, the company grew by starting in the DVD by mail business.[6] In 2007, Netflix expanded its business with the introduction of streaming media, while retaining the DVD and Blu-ray rental service. The company expanded internationally with streaming made available to Canada in 2010[7] and continued growing its streaming service from there; by January 2016.link -
2005- Creation of youtube
The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005.Most of the content on YouTube has been uploaded by individuals, but media corporations including CBS,, and other organizations offer some of their material via YouTube, as part of the YouTube partnership program.[6] Unregistered users can watch videos, and registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos and add comments to videos.link -
2010- instagram was launched
nstagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos. Originally, a distinctive feature was that it confined photos to a square shape, similar to Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid SX-70 images, in contrast to the 4:3 aspect ratio typically used by mobile device cameras.
