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The ARPANET is the first version of the internet. It was created and used to link two computers at UCLA and Stanford.
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Ray Tomlinson, computer engineer, sent the first ever email through the ARPANET. -
The world's first .com-domain was introduced on March 15, 1985
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Engineer Steve Wilhite created the first ever GIF. The gif was of a place with moving clouds.https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/gif-history-steve-wilhite-olia-lialina-interview/ -
The World Wide Web was invited by Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist.
https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/short-history-web#:~:text=Tim%20Berners%2DLee%2C%20a%20British,1989%2C%20while%20working%20at%20CERN. -
CERN introduced the world's first ever website.
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Bernes-Lee uploaded the first picture on the internet. The picture was of Les Horribles Cernettes. -
The first full-text search engine, WebCrawler, was introduced. Later it became the standard of all major search engine ever since. -
The first legitimate purchase through the internet was a CD of Sting’s "Ten Summoner’s Tales".
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-was-first-thing-sold-internet-180957414/#:~:text=What%20likely%20counts%20as%20the,for%20The%20New%20York%20Times. -
The commercial use of the internet started to grow Amazon and Ebay was introduced. -
After the launch of Internet Explore, it become the most popular tool to access the internet and search web pages at the ime. -
the first phone that was connected to the internet was the Nokia 9000.
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The dancing baby is mentioned as one of the first viral video on the internet. It became popular through email chains at the time.
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Sixdegrees.com because the worlds first social media platform.
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Google was introduced. This search engine became popular around the world and became the pivotal point how people receive information on the internet.
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Turkish native, Mahir Çağrı, became the first person to ever become famous solely through the internet. Çağrı launch his website ikissyou.org broke Guinness world record back in year 2000. -
Youtube is a social media platform which allow its users to watch and upload videos on its server. Youtube became the second most visited website in the US. -
The first ever tweet was written by co-founder, Jack Dorsey, which was "just setting up my twttr"
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Apple introduced the first virtual assistant on a smartphone called Siri. -
Approximately, there are 4.69 billion people who use the internet.
https://datareportal.com/global-digital-overview#:~:text=There%20are%204.95%20billion%20internet,500%2C000%20new%20users%20each%20day.