Ed's timeline By Alcoholica Jul 6, 1962 Philips introduce compact cassette Jul 6, 1971 The first email - begining of the internet Jul 6, 1979 Sony introduces the walkman portable cassette player Jul 6, 1982 sony and philips introduce the CD player Jul 6, 1988 CD sales overtake LP sales for first time Jul 6, 1992 The MPEG standardise MP3 as a format Jul 6, 2000 The start of broadband Jul 6, 2001 Apple release the iPod Jul 6, 2003 Legal digital downloads became widely available - opening of the itunes store Jul 6, 2005 Youtube was created Jul 6, 2006 Spotify was created to freely stream music Jul 6, 2007 Soundcloud was created to allow people to hsare their own music freely on the internet