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Jobs envisioned a basic version of the App Store, imagining a place where software could be bought over phone lines.
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Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web at CERN.
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Hypertext Markup Language became the standard markup language for web pages.
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After Yahoo's launch, it became a popular web portal.
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The Nokia 6110 included a built-in version of the basic arcade game “Snake,” which many consider the first mobile app.
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Facebook is launched, revolutionising social networking.
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The beginning of the smartphone era.
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Expand of social media platforms
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Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in April 2012
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App usage shifted from fun games and social media to entire lifestyles.
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By 2015, over three billion downloads were amassed between all entries in the series, making it the most successful freemium software of all time.
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