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Found a way that computes can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack
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The first hosts on what would one day become the Internet
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Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created
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Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name)
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A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network", which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TPC/IP)
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Microsoft came out in 1975, one of the biggest companies in the world source
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The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists
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The first unsolicited commercial email message (later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk
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The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat
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The first emoticon was used. While many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the first emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie
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The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS servers allowed the Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then convert it to the IP address automatically
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On January 24th, 1984, Apple announced the Macintosh to the world First Mac
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The code for the WOrld Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs
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1991 brought some major innovations to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was
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Netflix was founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph on this date source
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Google is registered as a domain on September 15th, 1997. Google
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Microsoft launched Xbox, one of the biggest gaming consoles source
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Apple launched the iTunes Music Store with 200,000 songs at 99¢ each iTunes
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Youtube was created by three former PayPal employees, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. The idea of creating YouTube came from online dating services. They also were inspired by the dating service called “Hot or Not”. When Youtube Was Created
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Twitter started in 2006 when Odeo, a podcasting company, realized they needed to reinvent themselves and began brainstorming new ideas source
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Google purchased Youtube for $1.65 billion source
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Apple released a new phone update, one that would become more text-friendly with the ability to send animations and games through text and iMessage source
