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Arpanet Founded
First computer to computer communication. -
Amazon Opens for Business
Started as Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company; offers everythig from toys and video games to MP3 downloads and collectible items -
JaveScript
Developed by Brandon Eich, JavaScript is the Netscape-developed object scripting language used in million of web pages and server applications worldwide. -
eBay Opens for Business
Founded in San Jose, California by Pierre Omidyer. However, eBay went public on September 21, 1998. Omidyar and co-founder Jeff Skoll became instant billionaires. -
Hotmail Introduced
Hotmail was made by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith. It was sold to Microsoft in 1997 for an estimated $400 million -
Google is Founded
Google is made by Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Stanford. Google has now become the top search engine in the world. -
Napster begins
Napster is a music focused online service. -
Aol Acquires Time Warner
Merger was announced on January 10th, 2000. AOL bought Time Warner for $165 billion, when it was valued at $350 billion. AOL now owns 55% of the company and the Time Warner shareholders own the rest. -
Wikipedia Created
Founded by Jimmy Wales Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia which allows open collabroation on topics. -
Itunes Store Opens
A store that lets customers quickly find, purchase, and download the music they want. -
YouTube begins
The beginning of a video sharing website in which users could upload, share, and view videos. -
GMail Introduced
Originally launched on March 21st, 2004 and became an invitation-only beta version on April 1st, 2004. Released to the general public on February 7th, 2007, and has since been upgraded from beta status in July 2009. -
Google Cancels Reader
Google canceled their RSS feed Google Reader