evolution of the internet

The first email was invented by Ray Tomlinson

Dec 31, 1971

The invention of the first email allowed people to interact with eachother through a computer. This also lead to Ray Tomlinson being responsible for the evolution of the "@" sign, from symbol to icon.

The Invention of Ethernet took place

May 22, 1973

The Ethernet was invented by Bob Metcalfe in 1973 but wasnt first used until 1980. The Ethernet is a system for connecting computer systems to form a local area network.

The first commercial compact disc was invented.

Aug 17, 1979

The first CD dis was a recording from 1979 of Claudio Arrau performing Chopin waltzes. It was invented by an American named James T. Russell. The CD-ROM contains audio or software data whose memory is read only.

Cyberspace is invented by William Gibson in the 1990's

Dec 31, 1990

Cyberspace is "the notional environment in which communication over computer networks occurs." It became popular when networking and the uses of internet was getting popular and growing dramatically.

The first computer speakers were invented.

Jan 1, 1991

Abinawan puracchidas invented the speakers, his ideas came from him repairing electronics for a small buisness in his community.

The first webcam was invented.

Jan 1, 1991

The webcam is a video camera that streames its image in real time through or to a computer to a network. It was invented by students at the University Of Cambridge.

The World Wide Web was put in public domain.

Apr 30, 1993

The World wide Web was invented in 1989 by a British scientist named Tim Berners-Lee at CERN. It was originally developed to meet the demand for automatic information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world.

The World Wide Web Worm ws created by Oliver McBryan at the University of Colorado.

Sep 17, 1993

Th World Wide Web Worm is claimed to be te first search engine for the World Wide Web.

Java was developed by james gosling.

Jan 1, 1995

Java was released in1995. Its a program that develops use to create applications on your computer.

Yahoo was created at Stanford University.

Jan 18, 1995

Yahoo was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo who first had their website called "Jerry and David's guide to the World Wide Web". Later It was renamed "Yahoo!"

Ebay was found Pierre Omidyer

Sep 3, 1995

Ebay is The worlds online marketplace, found by pierre Omidyer in his living room.

"Google" was found by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Sep 4, 1998

Google was found at the stanford university and was made for people world wide to search & recieve information.

Wikipedi was founded and launched by Jimmy Waes and Larry Sanger.

Jan 15, 2001

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that you can edit and contribute to. Jimmy Wales described it as "an effort to create and distribute a multilingual fee encyclopedia of the higest quality to every single person on the planet in his or her own language"

iTunes was created by Steve Jobs.

Apr 28, 2003

iTunes is used to play,download, and organize digital auido and video on personal computers. It has been the largest music vendor in the united states since its been created.

Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson Founded A Social Media kown as "Myspace"

Aug 1, 2003

This Social media offered an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, bolgs, gorups, photos, music, and videos. It was the largest social netwroking site in the world until it was overtaken by facebook.