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Electricity
Ben Franklin discovered electricity In 1752 leading to the invention of most things including the internet.source -
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack -
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. -
computers at stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
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Email was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the"@" symbol to separate the username from the computer name (Which later 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 known as TCP/IP) -
Microsoft
The history of Microsoft began on April 4, 1975, when it was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque.source -
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 hobyists -
Spam is born
The first unsolicited commercial email message (later known as spam), was sent out to 600 Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
MUD - The earliest form of multiplayer gaming was invented
The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was
developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUD 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 protocols 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. -
Yahoo
Yahoo was started at Stanford University. It was founded in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo, who were Electrical Engineering graduate students when they created a website named "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web".source -
eBay
eBay was founded in Pierre Omidyar's San Jose living room back in September 1995. It was from the start meant to be a marketplace for the sale of goods and services for individuals. In 1998, Pierre and his co-founder Jeff Skoll brought in Meg Whitman to sustain the success. -
Beginning of Google
The massively popular search engine Google was created to help explore the World wide web. source -
Steam valve
Steam was an optional component for all other games. ... In 2002, the managing director of Valve, Gabe Newell, said he was offering mod teams a game engine license and distribution over Steam for US$995. Valve's Half-Life 2 was the first game to require installation of the Steam client to play, even for retail copies.
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YouTube was made
The extremely popular website YouTube was invented and almost single handedly shutdown blockbuster video. -
Apple
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976 to develop and sell personal computers. It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. in January 1977, and was renamed as Apple Inc. in January 2007 to reflect its shifted focus toward consumer electronics.source -
Tablets
Your age probably determines when you think tablet computers were invented: 'Millennials' (a.k.a. Generation Y) are unlikely to look further back than Apple's first-generation iPad in 2010. -
Instagram
Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app. The service rapidly gained popularity, with over 100 million active users as of April 2012 and over 300 million as of December 2014.
