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The WWW is born
The WWW (World Wide Web) is born and its creator was Tim Benners-Lee who currently runs the W3C. This invention marked a before and after in the history of mankind. -
The Linux operating system is born
The first operating system created by Linus Torvalds in Helsinki is born. In this year there were already 26 web servers running worldwide -
Increase the number of servers in the world
In this year there were already 26 web servers running worldwide -
WIRED, the first technology magazine
The launch of this magazine was carried out in order to tell about the effects that technology was having on society and the world. -
First web cam
The first web cam started at Cambridge University. -
Yahoo! is born
The Yahoo! search engine is born created by Jerry Yang and David Filo who sought funding in Silicon Valley companies. -
Birth of the first banner
This year the first banner appears, it was Hot-Wired who coined the banner term to define those rectangular advertising banners where the user could click. This year began advertising on the Internet. -
Hotmail is born
Hotmail is born, created by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith. It was the first free email service on the web. -
Amazon
The Amazon.com e-bookshop is founded, founded by Jeff Bezos. Amazon would end up being the largest electronic shopping center and the largest online store on the planet and one of the five largest Internet companies by turnover and market value. -
MDb: Main source of cinematic information on the internet
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), is an online database that stores information related to movies, production team personnel (including directors and producers), actors, television series, television shows, video games, dubbing actors and , more recently, fictional characters that appear in visual entertainment media. -
First travel website: Travelocity
Travelocity is an online travel agency operated by Travelocity.com LP. Travelocity is a subsidiary of Saber Holdings Corporation. -
Domain.com
From 1997 with the dotcom boom, the number of domains increased considerably. -
WebTV
Bill Gates bought the WebTV company, which offered a system to surf the Internet from the TV. -
AOL acquires the Netscape search engine
America Online (AOL) announced the purchase of Netscape this year for 610,000 million pesetas -
Publication Tools Launch: Blogger
BLOGGER was a tool for creating content carried out by Pyra Labs, a company founded by Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan. -
Advertising investment grows giant
The advertising investment made by Internet companies reached very high quotas. -
Wikipedia birth
WIKIPEDIA, can be considered as one of the historical moments of Web 2.0. It is one of the most representative projects of this new era. It is a free and free encyclopedia made entirely by users from all over the world. -
Google news
With the news portal Google News, Google strengthens its position. -
Social networks are born
Some such as Friendster, Tribe.net or Meetup -
The social network Facebook is born
Facebook is a free social network that allows users to interconnect to interact and share content through the internet. It was launched in 2004. Its founder is Mark Zuckerberg -
Youtube: the new platform of free videos
Company that in a short time became the most important in the online video sector and one of the main representatives of web 2.0.
