Evolution of the Internet Timeline By Jajuan Smith 1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower created ARPA 1964 Paul Baran invented packet- switching 1971 The Tobacco Mosaic Virus Apr 1, 1976 Apple founded Sep 22, 1976 Apple launch the iPhone 1977 Dennis C. Hayes invented the personal computer modem 1981 IBM launch the personal computer Sep 19, 1982 the first emoticon scientist Scott E. Fahlman Jan 1, 1983 ARPANET adopted TCP/IP Nov 2, 1988 First worm created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1989 Tim Berners-Lee introduces the World Wide Web Feb 4, 1991 the Michelangelo virus created Jan 23, 1993 the Mosaic web browser launched 1994 Yahoo founded Jul 5, 1994 Amazon founded 1995 Microsoft released Internet Explorer 1.0 as an add-on to the Windows 95 operating system Sep 3, 1995 eBay founded 1997 AOL launch instant messenger Sep 4, 1998 Google founded Jan 7, 2003 Apple launch iTunes and Safari browsers 2004 the first mobile virus Feb 4, 2004 Facebook launched Feb 14, 2005 YouTube launched by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim Apr 10, 2010 Instagram launched Oct 6, 2010 Pinterest launched 2011 Microsoft acquired Skype for $8.5 billion
