GRIFFEY LARSEN RISE OF THE INTERNET EVENTS By glarsen 2018 A 7-Billion Internet-Enabled Device Increase by the End of 2018. https://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html 2018 Phase 2 Vessel of Microsofts "Project Natick" is dropped in the UK https://natick.research.microsoft.com 2019 5G Networks are Launched https://5gobservatory.eu/about/what-is-5g/#:~:text=5G%20deployments%20arguably%20started%20in,countries%20with%20only%20four%20exceptions. Mar 17, 2020 COVID-19 Strikes World-Wide, Increasing Social Media Use by over 70% of Survey Respondents. https://today.uconn.edu/2022/06/finding-social-support-through-social-media-during-covid-lockdowns/#:~:text=During%20the%20first%20wave%20in,same%20from%20the%20first%20wave. Apr 7, 2021 Post-Pandemic (first wave), 85% of Americans Now Own Smartphones. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/