The History of the Internet

First Camera Invented

1816

invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce

First Telegrapgh

1837

invented by professor Samuel Morse

First Telephone

1876

Invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876

First Video Created

1888

short silent motion picture, the first video: Roundhay Garden Scene

IBM Simon Personal Communicator Launched

1922

The groundbreaking device, Smartphones. Introduced in 1992 and released in 1994

First Computer Invented

1945

The ENIAC, the first electronic computer

The first video game

1958

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

1969

Arapanet was announced in 1969 and fully launched in 1971

Microsoft Launches

1975

founded by Bill Gates. "Microsoft" short for micro computer software

First GIF invented

1987

created by Stephen Wilhite

The beginning of World Wide Web

1989

Scientist Tim Berners-Lee was the mastermind behind WWW

Amazon Lauches

1994

founded by Jeff Bezos from his garage

Hotmail

1996

launched in 1996 and founded by Sabeer Bhatia

Wifi Launch

1997

was created in 1997, introduced as "Wi-Fi in 2000

First Wifi Router

1997

the aironet 4800

Google

1998

founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page

Wikipedia Launch

2001

founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger

Facebook

2004

First announced as TheFacebook and then changed to Facebook

Youtube Launch

2005

found by Chad Hurley, Steve Chan, and Jawed Karim

Zoom Launch

2011

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