Timeline: Major events in the history of the Internet and computers

Mar 24, 1976

When did Steve Wazniak invent the Apple I computer?

Apple 1 comp.
Picture from site: http://luxpresso.com/news-accessories/first-apple-computer-fetches-374000/13417 Less than 50 Apple 1 machines exist and only six of them are in working condition.
One recently sold for $374,500, 500 times more than its original price.
The computer included the original cassette interface, operating instructions and BASIC computer language user's manual.

Mar 24, 1980

During what time frame did only large universities and the Government have access to the email on the Internet

info dawg
Picure from: http://family-room.ew.com/2013/06/18/monsters-university-premiere/
Email can be defined as a method for composing, sending, storing and receiving messages via electronic communication systems. Before the Internet, there was email: it was probably the most crucial tool in developing the Internet in the late 80s.

Mar 24, 1981

When did IBM introduce the PC?

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In July of 1980, IBM representatives met for the first time with Microsoft's Bill Gates to talk about writing an operating system for IBM's new hush-hush "personal" computer.
Less than four months after IBM introduced the PC, Time Magazine named the computer "man of the year"

Mar 24, 1993

What year did the World Wide Web become viable for the general public?

world wide web
--The first Web search engine was Wandex developed by Matthew Gray at MIT in 1993. It is now disactive

Mar 24, 1994

Yahoo! Directory goes online

Yahoo Launch
--https://ecom.yahoo.com/dir/reference/cost

Mar 24, 1998

Who are the two creators of Google? Google goes online.

GoogleLarry Page and Sergey Brin
Picture from: http://www.welltraveledwife.com/2013/08/noogler.html
The Google home page is so sparse because the founders did not know HTML and just wanted to create a quick interface.
Google got its name by accident. The founders misspelled the word "googol," which refers to the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes. The word was chosen to reflect the company's goal of organizing the massive amound of info

Mar 24, 2005

When was Youtube founded?

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Youtube started as video dating site.
500 years of YouTube video are watched every day on Facebook.
Youtube is owned by Google.

Mar 21, 2006

When was the first Tweet sent?

First Tweet Sent
--The first tweet ever sent was by Jack Dorsey at 12:50 on March 21, 2006 and it said "just setting up my twttr"

Mar 24, 2007

Amazon releases the first Kindle

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The first generation Kindle was released in America in November 2007 to a fanfare of publicity and sold out in five in a half hours.