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1964
• Rand Corporation proposes a new information network so that the United States could successfully communicate after a nuclear war. -
• ARPANET begins to be used for communicating email
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• The term “Internet” begins to be used.
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Comet, the first commercial email software, is offered by the Computer Corporation of America for $40,000.
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Al Gore coins the term for the Internet “The Information Superhighway.”
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• The phrase “World Wide Web” is coined by Tim Berners-Lee
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• Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) becomes the first web server on the Internet.
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• Internet registration begins for .com, .net. .org, .edu, and .gov.
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• The Internet takes off as part of the world’s fastest growing information network.
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• Google is founded in Menlo Park, California.
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• Facebook is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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• YouTube launches.
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• Twitter is founded in San Francisco, California.
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Twitter and Facebook are the primary means of communication for the Middle East revolts.
