Evolution of the internet By Brad103 Feb 7, 1958 ARPA is invented by Dwight D. Eisenhower in Jul 24, 1961 Leonard Kleinrock thought of the idea of packet switching Oct 29, 1969 Wide-area network created by the U.S. Airforce Apr 1, 1976 Apple is founded Aug 12, 1981 IBM creates the first personal computer Sep 19, 1982 Scott E. Fahlman uses the first emoticon Jan 1, 1983 Internet is invented by Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn Jan 19, 1986 The first computer virus, Brain Boot Sector Virus, is created Nov 2, 1988 The first worm, Morris worm, is created 1991 Michelangelo virus is created Apr 22, 1993 Mosaic web browser launched Apr 30, 1993 World Wide Web is introduced by Tim Burners-Lee 1994 Yahoo is founded Jul 5, 1994 Amazon is founded Aug 16, 1995 Internet explorer launched by Thomas Reardon Sep 3, 1995 eBay is founded 1997 AOL launches instant messanger Sep 4, 1998 Google is founded Jan 9, 2001 Apple launches iTunes Jan 7, 2003 Apple launches Safari web browser Feb 4, 2004 Facebook is launched by Mark Zuckerberg Jun 15, 2004 The first mobile virus, Cabir, is created Feb 14, 2005 Youtube is launched by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim Jun 29, 2007 Apple launches iPhone 2009 Pinterest launched Oct 6, 2010 Instagram launches May 10, 2011 Microsoft buys Skype
