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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
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. -
The first Email was 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 control 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 and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
The first spam Email was born
The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
MUDs (early multiplayer games)
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. -
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. -
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. -
Release of Windows 1.0X
Windows 1.0X was the first version of Windows ever created. It wasn't a complete operating system at the time. It was referred to as an operating environment. Later versions of Windows were eventually added. View Link -
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. -
The first Web Page ever 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. -
Microsoft releases Microsoft Hotmail
Microsoft Hotmail was Microsoft's first email software released to the public. It is now known as Microsoft Outlook. View Link -
Apple created their first iMac
Back in 1998, Steve Jobs and Apple created their first computer, the iMac G3. This was Apple's first attempt to try and beat Microsoft in their own game.
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Steam's release
Steam is a ginormous library full of games you can play for free or buy for the full price. It's full of thousands of games for people to play on their PCs or iMacs. View Link -
Facebook was created
Facebook is a for-profit corporation and online social media and social networking service based in Menlo Park, California, United States. Facebook is easily the biggest social media site of all time. View Link -
YouTube was born
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion.
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Twitter was created
Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets". Registered users can read and post tweets, but those who are unregistered can only read them. View Link -
Google Docs release date
Google Docs was made available to Google Apps users in February 2007 and the service was taken out of beta in September 2007. In October 2012, following the launch of Google Drive, Google Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations were renamed Google Docs, Sheets and Slides respectively. Google Docs is often used for school and other important things today. View Link -
The first iPhone was released
The first ever iPhone brought a whole new way to view the internet. There were cell phones that could connect to the internet before the iPhone but not like this. Along with the iPhone, Apple brought out their version of email and the app store to download all of your favorite apps and view the internet on mobile.
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Instagram was born
Instagram is an extremely popular photo sharing, video sharing, and social networking social media site/app. Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app. View Link
