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CBBS
Ward Christensen and Randy Suess, two computer fans, invented the CBBS system to inform their friends about meetings, make announcements and share information -
Mosaic launches
Several students from the University of Illinois developed Mosaic, which was presented as the first browser adapted to the general public. -
GeoCities launches
Launch of GeoCities, a service that allows users to create their own web pages -
The Web has one million websites
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GeoCities gets one million users
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AOL launches
AOL Instant Messenger allows Internet chat. -
Blogging begins
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Google launches
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GeoCities goes public
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Friends Reunited
Friends Reunited, the first social network to become popular among Internet users, was founded in the UK to find old school mates. -
Yahoo!
Yahoo! buys GeoCities for 3.57 billion dollars. -
The Blogger platform launches.
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70 million computers are connected to the Internet.
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Friendster launches
Friendster launches. The social network reaches 3 million users in just three months. -
AOL has already reached 34 million users.
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MySpace is launched
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Google buys the Blogger platform.
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Second Life launches.
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LinkedIn launches social network for professionals
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Facebook launches
Facebook is born. An unknown investor offers Mark Zuckerberg $10 million to buy the famous social network. Facebook founder declines the offer. -
Digg launches.
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youtube is launched
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Twitter is launched
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apple introduces iphone
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Tumblr launches
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Apple introduces ipad
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pinterest launches
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