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Leonard Kleinrock is credited for creating the internet.
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Two computers at MIT Lincoln Lab communicate with one another using packet-switching technology.
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Netscape Communications is born. Microsoft creates a Web browser for Windows 95.
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Match.com is founded (the first dating site)
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Netflix is founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph
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Google is founded
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Facebook goes online and the era of social networking begins. Mozilla unveils the Mozilla Firefox browser.
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YouTube.com launches. The social news site Reddit is also founded
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Instagram, the photo-sharing site, reaches 400 million users, outpacing Twitter, which would go on to reach 316 million users by the middle of the same year.
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Google unveils Google Assistant, a voice-activated personal assistant program, marking the entry of the Internet giant into the "smart" computerized assistant marketplace. Google joins Amazon's Alexa, Siri from Apple, and Cortana from Microsoft.