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Invented by the government agency called DARPA, ARPANET was extended into civilian use in 1981
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The first ever windows operating system is released and was an extension of MS-DOS and has a graphical interface for users to interact with.
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The apple equivalent to microsofts windows.
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The e-commerce monster Amazon starts and is now a major innovator in technology and logistics
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Ebay is a site that allows users to put products up for auction and purchase.
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Paypal allows for digital transactions and revolutionizes the way we pay for things online.
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Itunes allows you to buy music digitally.
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Owned by Valve, Steam revolutionized the PC gaming market by allowing users to buy games from the comfort of their own home.
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Youtube is a advertising monster for e commerce, with many famous youtubers there are many people watching them and many advertisements to entice them to buy products
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The Music application Spotify is launched and is currently the most used program for music