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Archie – the first search engine
The search engine enabled its users to find and download specific files on the Internet by indexing files stored on public FTP servers -
Gopher
Gopher system was created at the University of Minnesota as a text-based system that used the hierarchical menu structure for navigation. It was a system working on a client-server basis. -
ViolaWWW
ViolaWWW was the first browser to support scripting, table rendering and forms. The browser also contained a simple stylesheet to define the website's visual appearance. -
XHTML 1.0
The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML) is a markup language for creating hypertext documents in an Internet environment. XHTML originated from an integration of XML and HTML and was divided into three versions: Strict, Transitional, and Frameset. According to W3C’s original plans, XHTML was supposed to be the successor to HTML, whose development was completed by version 4.01. -
YouTube
YouTube website for publishing and sharing video files. The first video called "Me at the zoo" was uploaded to YouTube on 23 April, 2005 -
Twitter
The social network Twitter allows users to read and send short posts referred to as "tweets". The length of individual tweets was initially limited to 140 characters. -
Google Chrome
Chrome surpassed the popularity of Internet Explorer and became the most widely used web browser. In 2018, Google Chrome had more than 66% of the global market share. -
Pinterest
social network that allows users to share photos, create collections of images and organize them by topics such as interests, hobbies, events and more. -
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge was subsequently included as a default browser -
Adobe announced termination of Flash
Adobe Systems announced that it would cease support for Flash in 2020 and would no longer issue additional security updates for Adobe Flash Player. -
Online shopping skyrocketed
105 billion on the online US revenue, This includes everything from casual clothes to expensive electronics, auto-motives, and even groceries, that category that, unsurprisingly, gained the most ground in 2020 -
Fraud and Theft on the online world
Scams continue to increase over time due to the increase in usage of technology