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The U.S. Department of Defense established ARPANET ( Advanced research Projects Agency Network) to connect different research institutions and allow them to share information. -
The first successful message is sent over ARPANET. the message "LO" was meant to be "LOGIN" but the system crashed after only 2 letters.
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Email was developed by Ray Tomlinson allowing messages to be shared between users. -
ARPANET was connected to universities in England and Norway.
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Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol allowed various networks to connect. -
Symbolics.com registered the first ever domain name -
Tim Berners-Lee proposed the idea of the World Wide Web, to create a universal information system -
Time Berners-Lee creates the first ever website -
created by Marc Andreessen, The Mosaic web browser was the first widely used browser -
Jeff Bezos creates the first online store Amazon -
Windows releases Windows 95 and easy to use interface to access the internet -
Larry Page creates google, revolutionizing the way we use the internet -
Wikipedia is created, a collaborative online encyclopedia -
Mark Zuckerberg creates and launches Facebook, the largest social media platform
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YouTube was created allowing and easy platform to upload and share videos.
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Steve Jobs and Apple release the first iPhone, introducing the mobile internet
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Google creates Google Chrome a fast web browser. -
Instagram was founded, a photo sharing social media platform and quickly took over the social media space -
Net Neutrality became a hot topic after people wanted to place regulations on the internet. ultimately the people wanted all internet traffic treated equally.
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over 60% of the worlds population has access to the interne t