EPIC 2014 By facebooker_837180410 Mar 1, 1989 Tim Burners Lee writes a proposal for the world wide web. Period: Mar 1, 1989 to Jan 1, 2014 EPIC 2014 Jul 1, 1994 Jeff Bezos founds Amazon.com Sep 4, 1998 Sergey Brin and larry Page launch google.com Mar 31, 1999 Jim Barton and Mike Ramsay invent TiVo Aug 23, 1999 Pyra Labs launches Blogger: a personal publishing tool. Jan 1, 2002 Jonathan Abrams launches Friendster. Feb 1, 2003 Google buys Blogger for an undisclosed amount Mar 24, 2004 Sony and Phillips unveil digital paper. Apr 1, 2004 Google launches Gmail Jun 1, 2004 Reason magazine sends its subscribers a personalized issue. Jul 27, 2004 Microsoft launches newsbot, a social newsfilter Aug 1, 2004 Amazon launches A9, a search engine built on Google's technology Aug 19, 2004 Google goes public Dec 10, 2004 Google buys TiVo Feb 5, 2005 Microsoft buys Friendster Aug 19, 2006 Google creates the Google Grid Feb 5, 2007 Microsoft responds by creating Newsbotster May 14, 2008 Google and Amazon form an alliance. Googlezon is born. Jun 2, 2008 The New York Times switches to a paid online subscription model Feb 10, 2010 The News Wars between Google and Microsoft erupt May 1, 2011 The New York times sues Googlezon. Jan 1, 2014 Google launches EPIC Jul 4, 2014 The New York Times goes offline.