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Two computers communicate with each other
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First message is sent between computers on four different computers
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Network Emails
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The term "Internet" was born - Global Networking
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First internet service provider (Telenet)
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Queen Elizabeth II sends an email
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First DialUp service
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Domain Name System
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Internet exceeds 20k hosts
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Sir Tim Bernes Lee invented the World Wide Web
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Sir Tim develops HTML
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Phil Zimmerman creates PGP Email Encryption
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Web went live to the world
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First audio and video distributed online
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BBC went online
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Yahoo! is created by Jerry Yang and David Filo
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Internet Explorer and Windows 95 was released
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Amazon went online
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The first online dating service is launched; Match.com
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Netflix is a mail order company for DVDs
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Google went online
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Blogs first appear
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Napster was founded
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Broadband went live in the UK
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Nii Quaynor bring internet Africa
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dot-com bubble bursts
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Wikipedia was founded by Jimmy Wales
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Myspace went online
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Facebook launched
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Apple launches online iTunes music store
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Home videos go viral with the launch YouTube
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Facebook goes live to the public
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Twitter launches
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'Lost' becomes the first TV show available on the UK iTunes store
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BBC launches its catch-up service iPlayer
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Radiohead releases their album 'In Rainbows' as a digital download on a pay-what-you-want basis.
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The Queen broadcasts her Christmas message on YouTube
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Barack Obama's presidential campaign uses the web as a way to the White House.
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Spotify is launched
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China dominates internet usage
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Pinterest and Instagram are launched
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Facebook reaches 400million users
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Royal Wedding is biggest internet event
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Snapchat was launched
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Stop Online Piracy Act derailed in US by Google and Wikipedia
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Edward Snowden reveals NSA monitoring US citizens communication
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50% of US adults bank online
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Google Assistant joins Amazon's Alexa and Apple's Siri
