CompuServe was the first major commercial Internet service
First email
The American online service was provided
The Web had one million sites
Google opens as a major Internet search engine and index.
Apple started selling iPods.
MySpace. another social networking website, was launched as a clone of Friendster.
Facebook, another social networking website, was started for students at Harvard College. It was referred to at the time as a college version of Friendster.
Facebook, another social networking website, was started for students at Harvard College. It was referred to at the time as a college version of Friendster.
Facebook surpassed MySpace in the total number of monthly unique visitors. Meanwhile, Facebook tried unsuccessfully to buy Twitter.
Microsoft's Bing joined Yahoo and Google as major search engines on the Internet.
Apple released the iPad tablet computer with advanced multimedia and Internet capabilities.
Apple closed the Ping social network in 2012 and improved iTunes.
Twitter had 500 million registered users, with more than 200 million active.
YouTube topped one billion monthly users with 4 billion views per day, and launched paid channels to provide content creators with a means of earning revenue.