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Major events in the history of the internet and computers

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    Government and University access to email on internet

  • Steve Wozniak invents Apple I computer

    Steve Wozniak invents Apple I computer
  • IBM Introduces PC

    IBM Introduces PC
    IBM Archives: The birth of the PC

    IBM announces the release of their PC computer in this link: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_press.html
  • World Wide Web Ok for public

    World Wide Web Ok for public
  • Yahoo! Directory goes online

    Yahoo! Directory goes online
  • Larry Page and Sergey Brin Create Google!

    Larry Page and Sergey Brin Create Google!
  • Youtube founded

    Youtube founded
    Who Invented YouTube?YouTube was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim in 2005. The three founders knew each other from working together at another Internet start up, PayPal. In fact, Hurley designed the PayPal logo after reading a Wired article about the online payment company and e-mailing the startup in search of a job. YouTube was initially funded by bonuses received following the eBay buy-out of PayPal. You could argue that if there was no PayPal, there would be no YouTube.
  • First Tweet Sent

    First Tweet Sent
    Twitter Turns Five!Fast-forward to 2011. Twitter now handles an average of 140 million tweets per day, and the Twitter staff includes 400 people, according to statistics published on the Twitter Blog.(also tweeter celebrating 5 year anniversary.)
  • amazon released first kindle

    amazon released first kindle
    The device's Whispernet feature was co-designed with Qualcomm, and Kindle was the first device to include free nationwide 3G access to download books from the Amazon web store. Amazon did not sell the first-generation Kindle outside the United States.[14] Plans for a launch in the UK and other European countries were delayed by problems with signing up suitable wireless network operators
  • amazon released first kindle.

    amazon released first kindle.
  • when did instagram begin.

    when did instagram begin.
    Founded in 2010, Instagram already had 7 millions register users in 9 months thanks to co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom. With a focus of sharing the present, the start-up is on its way to becoming a social network of significance — transforming photography into a form of communication. From Google to Odeo to Twitter to even Facebook, Kevin had quite a journey before starting up Instagram with Mike Krieger