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Modem Invention:
The first modem was invented by AT&T (Bell Labs) to connect SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) systems. -
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) Creation
Created By: U.S. Department of Defense -
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The history of Timeline
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First Wide-Area Network (WAN)
Creator: The U.S. Department of Defense
Details: The first WAN was ARPANET, developed in the late 1960s. -
Packet-Switching Concept Pioneer
Pioneer: Paul Baran and Donald Davies are credited with the concept in the early -
First Computer Virus
Name: The Creeper virus -
Apple Founding:
Founded: April 1, 1976
By Whom: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne -
IBM Launches Personal Computer:
launches first computer -
First Emoticon :-) Usage
User: Scott Fahlman -
First Worm
Name: The Morris Worm -
Internet Invention
Year: The concept of the Internet was developed in the 1960s, with ARPANET being the first operational packet-switching network. Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web (a key component of the Internet) in 1989-1990. -
World Wide Web Introduction
Introduced By: Tim Berners-Lee -
Michelangelo Virus:
Notable Spread: March 6, 1992 -
Mosaic Web Browser Launch
Mosaic was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina. -
Amazon and eBay Founding
Amazon: Founded July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos
eBay: Founded September 3, 1995, by Pierre Omidyar -
Internet Explorer Launch
By Whom Microsoft Corporation -
Yahoo Founding:
By Whom: Jerry Yang and David Filo -
AOL Instant Messenger Launch:
Launch Date: May 1997 -
Google Founding
Founded: September 4, 1998 By Whom: Larry Page and Sergey Brin -
Apple iTunes and Safari Launch:
iTunes: Launched January 9, 2001
Safari: Launched January 7, 2003 -
First Mobile Virus:
Name: Cabir
Created: 2004 by a group known as 29A -
Facebook Launch
By Whom: Mark Zuckerberg along with Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. -
YouTube Launch:
By Whom: Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim -
Apple iPhone Launch:
Launch Date: June 29, 2007 -
Instagram and Pinterest Launch:
Instagram: Launched on October 6, 2010, by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.
Pinterest: Launched in March 2010, by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp. -
Skype Acquisition:
Buyer: Microsoft Corporation