History of the Internet and Social Media By jwilson91 1944 The First Computer is Developed 1957 Sputnik is Launched 1958 ARPA was created 1966 E-Mail is Developed 1969 UCLA and Stanford develop ARPANET 1976 Apple is Founded 1979 The First Emoticon is used 1981 IBM introduces the first personal computer 1984 Apple Macintosh is Released 1988 IRC Connects Users 1989 World Wide Web Created 1991 Both HTML and HTTP are Developed 1993 Mosaic is Created 1994 Internet Explorer Debuts 1995 Javascript is Developed 1996 Broadband is developed 1996 The Internet reached one million users 1997 The first social media site is created 1998 ICANN is established 2001 The internet reaches 500 Million users 2001 Wikipedia is founded 2003 LinkedIn and Myspace are founded 2005 YouTube is created 2006 Twitter launches 2006 Facebook is created 2007 Apple introduces the Iphone 2008 Google Chrome is Created 2009 Geo Location Services are rolled out 2010 Instagram is Introduced 2011 Snapchat is Created 2013 The internet reaches 2.5 billion users
