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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. (http://www.timetoast.com) -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time.
The first hosts on what would one day become the Internet. (http://www.timetoast.com) -
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. (http://www.timetoast.com) -
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). (http://www.timetoast.com) -
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). (http://www.timetoast.com) -
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. (http://www.timetoast.com) -
Spam is born.
The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. (http://www.timetoast.com) -
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. (http://www.timetoast.com) -
ESPN First Started
Bill Rasmussen founded ESPN with his son, Scott Rasmussen. Entrepreneurial daring, irrepressible enthusiasm and a dash of good luck gave America its first 24-hour sports network in 1979. Once unleashed upon sports fans, ESPN’s impact forever changed the way we watch television. Link Text -
The First Public Laptop
The laptop was invented by Adam Osborne in 1981. It was called 'Osborne 1' and cost $1,795. It came bundled with $1,500 worth of programmes. It had a tiny computer screen built into it. It was invented by Osborne Computers. View Text -
1982- 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. (http://www.timetoast.com) -
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. (http://www.timetoast.com) -
The Beginning of Instant Messaging
In the early 1990s, people began to spend more and more time on the Internet. Creative software developers designed chat-room software and set up chat rooms on Web servers. In a chat room, a group of people can type in messages that are seen by everyone in the "room." Instant messages are basically a chat room for just two people. View Text -
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. (http://www.timetoast.com) -
Online Beginning of Music
Online radio stations were first broadcasted in the early 1990s and did not take off right away. The stations, or websites, had to invent themselves and be presented to reach their target audience. Some radio stations were streaming broadcasts of music, talk shows, and some Internet radio is also considered to be a music library of songs found online. View Text -
IMac G3 Tray Loading, Bondi Blue.
In doing away with the tower and keeping the computing power, Apple completely revolutionized the desktop computer industry. The iMac G3’s were available in a bouquet of various colours. Johnathan Ive, the designer who was later the mastermind of the Cube, designed the iMac G3. View Link -
YouTube was invented by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim out of a garage in Menlo Park.
YouTube was founded in February 2005. The inventors became millionaires when they sold their invention for 1.65 billion dollars to the search engine Google.
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The History Of Twitter
On March 21, 2006, @Jack sent the first tweet: “just setting up my twttr.” It would be the beginning of a revolution. Now people from all over the world and many different fields and professions are saying it all in 140 characters or less. View Text -
The History Of Groupon
In 2007, Andrew Mason helped found The Point, a tipping-point-based collective action website dedicated to getting people together to accomplish a goal. The following year, The Point gave birth to Groupon, a site dedicated to advertising local businesses by offering deals for a limited time. -
The Start Of The Popular Instagram
On this day in 2010, Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger unleashed the photo-sharing platform that, though they didn't know it at the time, would soon become a selfie-filled, multi-billion-dollar beast used by 500 million people. Link Text -
Apple Music
Apple Music lets you listen to 30 million songs from the iTunes catalog, plus any music you've purchased from iTunes over the years. It was launched on June 30th, 2015
