Internet History

By Takdirsandhu

  • fundamental of computer networks, cisco founded

  • WWW protocol developed and implemented by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN

  • When was internet created

    When was internet created

    The first browser by the name World wide web wet live to the world. The news wasnt spread through media that much so parts of the world didnt even know about the internet.

  • amazon founded and launched by Jeff Bezos

  • Netscape's $3 billion IPO (for a 16-month old company woth practically no revenue

  • Geocities is the 5th most popular internet destination by 1997

  • Amazon IPO at $438 million valuation

  • Netscape to AOL for $4.2 billion: netscape stumbles, browser war turns into IE

  • Internet Explorer owns over 90% of browser market share

  • Facebook

    Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launches thefacebook.com. 1,200 Harvard students sign up within the first 24 hours. Facebook goes on to become the world’s biggest social networking site, with over a billion users worldwide.

  • MySpace

    Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. buys MySpace for $580 million and sells it in 2011 for $35 million.

  • Youtube

    YouTube is founded on Valentine’s Day. The first video, an explanation of what’s cool about elephants, is uploaded by co-founder Jawed Karim on April 23. Google acquires the company a year later.

  • First IPhone

    Apple releases its first iPhone, priced at $499 for 4GB and $599 for 8G.

  • Google chrome

    Google releases the Chrome Web browser.

  • Bing

    Microsoft’s Bing search engine launches

  • Pintrest and instagram

    Social photo-sharing sites Pinterest and Instagram launch.

  • Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion.

  • Facebook tops the internet

    Facebook reaches 1 billion monthly active users, making it the dominant social network worldwide. Some analysts start calling it “Facebookistan.” The company buys Instagram for $1 billion and debuts on NASDAQ at $38 a share.

  • Gangnum style VS Baby by Justin Bieber

    South Korean music star PSY’s “Gangnam Style” video surpasses Justin Bieber’s “Baby” as the most viewed video ever, with over 800 million views.

  • Internet impact on relationships

    45% of internet users ages 18-29 in serious relationships say the internet has had an impact on their relationship.