The History of the Internet

  • First Camera Invented

    First Camera Invented
    invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce
  • First Telegrapgh

    First Telegrapgh
    invented by professor Samuel Morse
  • First Telephone

    First Telephone
    Invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876
  • First Video Created

    First Video Created
    short silent motion picture, the first video: Roundhay Garden Scene
  • IBM Simon Personal Communicator Launched

    IBM Simon Personal Communicator Launched
    The groundbreaking device, Smartphones. Introduced in 1992 and released in 1994
  • First Computer Invented

    First Computer Invented
    The ENIAC, the first electronic computer
  • The first video game

    The first video game
    Tennis for Two, is the first video game. The game consisted of two people playing electronic tennis with separate controllers connected to an analog computer.
  • Arapanet Launch

    Arapanet Launch
    Arapanet was announced in 1969 and fully launched in 1971
  • Microsoft Launches

    Microsoft Launches
    founded by Bill Gates. "Microsoft" short for micro computer software
  • First GIF invented

    First GIF invented
    created by Stephen Wilhite
  • The beginning of World Wide Web

    The beginning of World Wide Web
    Scientist Tim Berners-Lee was the mastermind behind WWW
  • Amazon Lauches

    Amazon Lauches
    founded by Jeff Bezos from his garage
  • Hotmail

    Hotmail
    launched in 1996 and founded by Sabeer Bhatia
  • Wifi Launch

    Wifi Launch
    was created in 1997, introduced as "Wi-Fi in 2000
  • First Wifi Router

    First Wifi Router
    the aironet 4800
  • Google

    Google
    founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page
  • Wikipedia Launch

    Wikipedia Launch
    founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger
  • Facebook

    Facebook
    First announced as TheFacebook and then changed to Facebook
  • Youtube Launch

    Youtube Launch
    found by Chad Hurley, Steve Chan, and Jawed Karim
  • Zoom Launch

    Zoom Launch
    founded by Eric Yuan. His vision was to make video conferencing more accessible.