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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
The first hosts on what would one day become the Internet. -
An Arpanet network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created. -
Email was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name). -
The beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network", which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP). -
The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
Spam is born
The first unsolicited commercial email message (later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
MUD- The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted
The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
The first emoticon :-)
The first emoticon was used. While many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie. -
The domain name system was created
The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically. -
World Wide Web protocals finished
The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
First web page created
1991 brought some major innovations to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. -
Creation of Google
GoogleGoogle is founded and created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. This changed the idea of the Internet forever. -
Facebook is created
Facebook CreatedFacebook is created by Mark Zuckerberg, then called "the facebook" with his roommates at Harvard University. -
YouTube is made
YouTubeYouTube is created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. This site allows you to upload videos where the whole world can watch them for entertainment or educational purposes. -
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Minecraft is Released to Public
MinecraftCreated by Markus Persson and Jens Bergensten, this Swedish online game is probably the most popular sandbox game of the century. -
Instagram is Created
Creation of InstagramInstagram is founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. On April 9, 2012, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger sold their 13-person company to Facebook for one-billion dollars -
WatchESPN
WatchESPNWatchESPN is created. This website, owned by ESPN, allows people to live stream games and interviews on their computers. This made millions for ESPN. -
Clash of Clans
SupercellClash of Clans has been on the top grossing list on the app store since it came out in 2012. Created by Supercell as their second game after Hay Day, Clash of Clans has brought in $892 million, and that's just as of 2013. -
Snapchat
SnapchatSnapchat was created by Bobby Murphy and Evan Spiegel. This social media application changed the way people communicated since then. -
AGAR.IO
AgarThe hottest game of the year, agar.io was developed by Matheus Valadares. Now estimated at about $11 million, agar.io has taken over everybody's computers.
