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Major events in the history of the Internet and computers

By hayleebreeann

  • Universities and the Governments access to the email on the Internet.

    Universities and the Governments access to the email on the Internet.
    The email was created in 1965 as a way for people to communicate over the internet, however I did not find any specific dates as to when it became available to universities and the Government. In 1994 only 3% of classrooms had access to the internet however in 2002 it jumped to 92%.

  • Steve Wazniak invented the Apple I computer

    Steve Wazniak invented the Apple I computer
    Steve Wazniak invented the Apple I computer in 1976, however he ran the first prototype for it on June 29, 1975. The computers were sold for $666.66/

  • IBM introduced the PC!

    IBM introduced the PC!
    On August 12, in 1981 IBM introduced the PC with the model number 5150. It was created by a group of engineers under the direction of Don Estridge.

  • World Wide Web became available to the public!

    World Wide Web became available to the public!
    The World Wide Web, created by Tim Berners-Lee became viable to the public in 1991.

  • Yahoo! Goes online!

    Yahoo! Goes online!
    Yahoo was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 1, 1995.

  • Googles History!

    Googles History!
    In 1997, Google.com is registered as a domain on September 15. The name, a play on the word "googol," a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros reflects Larry and Sergey's mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web. Google was created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

  • YouTube founded.

    YouTube founded.
    A little over nine years ago, YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees. YouTube is a website where people can upload videos to share blogs, information, music videos, or every days videos of their lives.

  • The first Tweet!

    The first Tweet!
    The first tweet, sent on March 21, 2006 was by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.

  • Amazon releases the first Kindle!

    Amazon releases the first Kindle!
    Amazon released the Kindle, the first generation Kindle device (paperwhite) on November 19, 2007, for $399 which sold out in five and a half hours (I guess you can say it was a big hit!).

  • Instagram began!

    Instagram began!
    Instagram was a big hit from the start! It is a great way to share pictures and videos between friends, and was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.