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Wold Wide Web - 1991
In 1991, a computer programmer in Switzerland named Tim Berners-Lee introduced the World Wide Web: an internet that was not simply a way to send files from one place to another but was itself a “web” of information that anyone on the Internet could retrieve. Berners-Lee created the Internet that we know today. By having access to one the most powerful sources of informaiton I feel empowered. Reference https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-internet -
NCSA Mosaic - 1993
The first web browser to display images inline with the document's text. Created at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) from a team effort that included software engineer Marc Andreessen. Prior to a web brower I had previously used DOS which was a black screen a green cursor and typed commands. My experience with a web brower was more of a amazing navigational experience. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_web_browser -
Digital Answering Machine - 1993
In 1991 the digital answering was invented The owner can ring the number and, by entering a special code on the remote telephone's keypad, can listen to messages when away from home. Frist time experenicnng a digital answering machine is when I purchased a beeper and it had this service. As you teens we would use songs on the machine as our messages. It was fun times. Reference https://itsthe90s.weebly.com/answering-machine.html -
Webmail Email Services - 1996
1996 launched of one of the first popular webmail email services called HoTMaiL developed by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith. I learned to set up an email in school had no not idean of the importance that it would provide in the furture. I shared my email address with friends and used it for different means of connecting with different platforms online and both group and one on one communication. Reference https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/07/email-ray-tomlinson-history -
America Online - 1999
AOL was one of the early pioneers of the Internet in the mid-1990s, and the most recognized brand on the web in the United States. It originally provided a dial-up service to millions of Americans, as well as providing a web portal, e-mail, instant messaging and later a web browser. AOL was the first web portal, instant messenger, and web browers I ever used. It was exciting to commuicate with different people though the messenger groups. Reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL