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computer mouse invented
The trackball, a related pointing device, was invented in 1941 by Ralph Benjamin as part of a World War II-era fire-control radar plotting system called Comprehensive Display System (CDS). mouse -
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
First computer keyboard
Because of the limitations of terminals based upon printed text in comparison to the growth in data storage, processing and transmission, a general move toward video-based computer terminals was effected by the 1970s, starting with the Datapoint 3300 in 1967. Datapoint 3300 -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
The first hosts on what would one day become the internet. -
An Arpanet network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created. -
Email was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name). -
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 computer and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP). -
The first Personal Computer Modem is invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced ind initially old to computer hobbyists. -
Spam is born
The first unsolicited commercial email message (later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
MUD- The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted
The precursor of World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for Multi User Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining element of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
The first emoticon :-)
The first emoticon was used. While many people credited Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie. -
The domain name system was created
The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) 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. -
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. -
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. -
Facebook expands from just Harvard
Membership was initially restricted to students of Harvard College; within the first month, more than half the undergraduates at Harvard were registered on the service. Then, in March 2004, Facebook started expanding to other universities and colleges. Ivy League -
The Facebook launched
Zuckerberg began writing code for a new website in January 2004. A month later The Facebook website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. Facebook -
Thefacebook changed its name
In 2005, the company dropped "the" from its name after purchasing the domain name facebook.com for US$200,000. This changed the name to Facebook. Facebook -
Facebook open to high school students
A high-school version of the site was launched in September 2005, which Zuckerberg called the next logical step. Facebook also expanded membership eligibility to employees of several companies, including Apple Inc. and Microsoft. Facebook -
Twitter released
Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass and launched in July 2006. Twitter's origins lie in a "daylong brainstorming session" held by board members of the podcasting company Odeo. Jack Dorsey, introduced the idea of an individual using an SMS service to communicate with a small group. Character limit -
Facebook open
On September 26, Facebook was opened to everyone at least 13 years old with a valid email address. Public -
Intagram released
Instagram began development in San Francisco, when Systrom and Brazilian Krieger chose to focus their multi-featured HTML5 check-in project, Burbn, on mobile photography. Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app. #Villanova#Champs -
snapchat released
Bobby Murphy was brought into the project to write the source code for the application, and Picaboo first launched as an iOS-only app in July 2011 from Evan Spiegel's living room.The application was relaunched two months later under the name Snapchat. Picaboo
