History of the internet

  • Russia launches the first satellite

    Russia launches the first satellite
    U.S.S.R launches Sputnik which is the first artificial satelitte.
  • ARPA was created.

    ARPA was created.
    The United States formed the Advanced Research Projects Agency in response of Sputnik.
  • Information Flow in Large Communication Nets

    Information Flow in Large Communication Nets was published by Leonard Kleinrock.
  • First personal computer club

    Stephen Gray created the first personal computer club which is the amateur computer society.
  • First Commercial online service

    First Commercial online service
    The first commercial online service was called Compuserve.
  • ARPA went online.

    It was created to connect four major universities for research and government organizations.
  • First communication.

    Sometime late in 1971 the first email was sent.
  • Global Networking

    Global Networking
    Connections from all over the world have been connected.
  • News groups

    News groups
    3 News groups was established by the end of 1979.
  • Desktops

    Desktops
    In 1983 the first desktops were introduced.
  • Quantum Computer Servies

    Quantum Computer Servies
    Quantum Computer Servies offers email, news and other information. It is also known as America online.
  • World Wide Web

    Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web because people wanted instant information sharing.
  • First popular internet services.

    IMDb was created to be an internet movie database.
  • First Instant message.

    When instant messaging began to take off.
  • Dislike of Internet Phones

    Dislike of Internet Phones
    US congress wanted to ban the use of internet phones.
  • Google was created.

    Google was created.
    Google was created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
  • First Social Media Network

    First Social Media Network
    Myspace was created.
  • Facebook was created

    Facebook was created
    Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerburg.
  • Twitter was created.

    Twitter was created.
    Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass.