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Found a way that computers 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 used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created.
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Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user name from the computer name (which later 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 transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP)
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Apple Computers, Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976, by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who brought to the new company a vision of changing the way people viewed computers. Jobs and Wozniak wanted to make computers pocket sized. 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 Multi User Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat.
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While many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke rather than the original -) proposed by Kevin 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 Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically.
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Steve Jobs unveiled the first Apple Macintosh computer, with its nine-inch screen and $2,500 price tag, on Jan. 24, 1984. It was a marvel of technology then and 30 years later, Apple computers are still at the top of tech. source
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At the age of 19, Michael Dell found PC's Limited with $1,000 and a game-changing vision for the technology industry.source
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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 the World Wide Web.
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Jeffrey Preston is an American technology entrepreneur and investor. He has played a role in the growth of e-commerce as the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, an online merchant of books and later of a wide variety of products and services, most recently video streaming. source
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Jerry Yang, along with fellow Stanford student David Filo, developed Yahoo to serve as a Web directory for online users. The creators originally named their search engine "David and Jerry's Guide to the Web." source
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Google began in 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin Ph.D. students at Stanford University. In search of a dissertation theme, Page had been considering exploring the mathematical properties of the World Wide Web, understanding its link structure as a huge graph. source
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YouTube began when PayPal employees started to create a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view content. source
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The iPhone (often referred to as iPhone 1, iPhone 1G, or iPhone 2G) is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the first generation of iPhone and was announced on January 9, 2007 after years of rumors and speculation. source
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The Apple App Store launched in July 2008, a year after the first iPhone was released. It had 500 apps and, to many, was a revelation. It also signaled the dominance of the native mobile application. 10 million applications were downloaded in the first weekend. source
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Bing is a web search engine owned and operated by Microsoft. The service has its origins in Microsoft's previous search engines: MSN Search, Windows Live Search and Live Search. Bing provides a variety of search services, including web, video, image and map search products. [source](https://www.google.com/search?q=what+year+was+the+first+iphone+made&safe=active&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=766&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKkfzGg8TPAhVMOyYKHd0eASsQ_AUIBSgA&dpr=1#safe=active&q=what+year+was+bing+created0
