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email
Electronic mail applications are developed on timesharing main frame computers for communication between system users. -
telnet
A system for logging in, over a network, to a computer situated in another location. -
arpanet
connected Stanford research Institute in Santa Barbara to the University of Utah, an early version of the Internet was born, although the first attempt actually crashed on the 'g' of the word 'Login'. -
ftp
File Transfer Protocol. -
email
First proposal for standardization of electronic mail message -
mud
First real-time, multi-player MUD adventure game was developed by Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle at Essex University, England. -
usenet
A distributed threaded discussion and file sharing system; a collection of forums known as newsgroups -
mail
First standardization of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, a network transmission standard for the transport of email. -
internet
A global computer network which was created by interconnecting various existing networks -
listerv
the first electronic mailing list software application -
internet relay chat
A form of real-time Internet text messaging or synchronous conferencing. -
arpanet
was retired and merged into the NSFNET. -
imdb
the internet movie database -
archie search engine
The Archie search engine lists names of files on FTP sites. -
arXiv
an open access archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers. -
gobher
A hypertext system which was soon largely replaced by the World Wide Web -
html
was developed by a British engineer, Tim Berners-Lee while working in CERN -
veronica
provides an index of files on Gopher servers. -
cddb
a database for software applications to look up audio CD -
blog
a blog is a type of website which resembles an online diary. -
fedex.com
FedEx.com launches, being the first transportation web site to offer online package tracking. -
match.com
an online dating company -
yahoo
The Yahoo! website started off as a web directory and soon became a webportal offering all kinds of Internet services. -
geocities
a free web hosting service, now defunct, founded as Beverly Hills Internet by David Bohnett and John Rezner. -
amazon.com
Amazon.com is an online retailer, best known for selling books, but now sells all kinds of goods. -
altavista
a web search engine -
craigslist
a centralized network of online communities, featuring free online classified advertisements. -
wiki
a website that anyone can edit -
ebay
is a auction and a shopping website -
shopzilla
a price comparison service -
ticket master
a ticket sales and distribution company goes online and sells its first ticket through their platform. -
hotmail
a free web-based email service -
internet archive
is an archive of periodically cached versions of websites -
ultima online
a graphical massively multiplayer online role-playing game -
about.com
an online resource for original information and advice. -
go daddy
an Internet domain registrar and Web hosting company. -
netflix
American corporation that offers both on-demand video streaming over the Internet, and flat rate online video rental -
babel fish
launched by AltaVista. It was the first language translation service for web content -
evite
the first online invitation company, allowing for invitations to sent via email. -
pay pal
an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. -
google inc
launched a search engine for web sites of the World Wide Web, subsequently extending search facilities to many types of media, including books, magazines, forums, email, news. -
surveymonkey
Online survey system providing free and paid customizable surveys. -
napster
was an online music peer-to-peer file sharing service. -
seti@home
an Internet-based public volunteer computing project. Its purpose is to analyze radio signals, searching for signs of extra terrestrial intelligence. -
sourceforge
a web-based source code repository. It acts as a centralized location for software developers to control and manage open source software development. -
monster.com
an employment website. -
rss
the first version of the web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works is created at Netscape -
tripadvisor
travel site that assists customers in gathering travel information, posting reviews and opinions of travel related content and engaging in interactive travel forums. -
deviantart
an online community showcasing various forms of user-made artwork. -
geocaching.com
This outdoor sport activity with online support can be considered one of the early forms of geosocial networking. -
blogger
a blog publishing service that allows private or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. -
meetup
an online social networking portal that facilitates offline group meetings in various localities around the world. -
partypoker.com
a set of online poker card rooms. -
stumbleupon
a discovery engine that uses collaborative filtering to recommend web content to its users. -
wikipedia
a collaboratively edited, multilingual, free Internet encyclopedia. -
xbox live
an online multiplayer gaming service, originally and previously available for the Xbox, now for Xbox 360, Xbox One and some Windows operating systems. -
skyscanner
a flight search engine that allows users to browse for flights via price and location. -
tinyurl
a URL shortening service. -
linkeldn
a business-oriented social networking site is founded and launched next year. -
last.fm
a music recommender system. -
tor
a system intended to enable online anonymity is released. -
moodle
a free software e-learning platform -
the pirate bay
a Swedish website that hosts torrent files. -
coachsurfing
a hospitality exchange network. -
4chan
an English-language imageboard website -
steam
a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform for computer games developed by Valve Corporation. -
myspace
is a social networking website. -
itunes
is an online store which sells music and videos in downloadable form. -
skype
a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. -
flickr
a photo and video sharing website. -
wikia
a free web hosting service and a wiki farm for wikis -
world of warcraft
a massively multiplayer online role-playing game -
facebook
a social networking site -
gmail
a free web-based email service from Google -
openstreetmap
a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world -
reddit
a social news and entertainment website. -
pandora radio
an online radio and music recommendation system based on the Music Genome Project. -
eyeos
an open source web desktop following the cloud computing concept. -
openid
an open standard that describes how users can be authenticated in a decentralized manner. -
musopen
an online music library of copyright-free (public domain) music. -
megaupload
allows users to upload and download files. -
google earth
a virtual globe computer program. -
youtube
a video sharing website -
playstation network
PlayStation Network, a multiplayer gaming service for use with the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4. -
mint.com
is a free web-based personal financial management service for the US and Canada. -
twitter
a social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates, tweets, which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. -
wikileaks
an international non-profit organisation that publishes submissions of private, secret, and classified media from anonymous news sources and news leaks.
Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates, tweets, which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. -
tumblr
a microblogging platform that allows users to post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio to their tumblelog, a short-form blog. -
kindle
the e-book reader by Amazon.com is launched together with the e-book virtual bookshop. In July 2010 Amazon announced that e-book sales for its Kindle reader outnumbered sales of hardcover books -
google street view
a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from various positions along many streets in the world. -
spotify
a DRM-based music streaming service offering unlimited streaming of selected music from a range of major and independent record labels. -
tineye
a reverse image search engine. -
github
a web-based hosting service for software development projects that use the Git revision control system. -
Encyclopedia of Life
a free, online collaborative encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.8 million living species known to science. -
whatsapp
a free mobile messaging app -
kickstarter
an online threshold pledge system for funding creative projects -
google docs
a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, form, and data storage service offered by Google goes out of beta. -
bitcoin
the first practical digital currency and cryptocurrency -
flattr
a microdonation system. -
instagram
an online photo-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take a picture, apply a digital filter to it, and share it. -
pinterest
a pinboard-style photo sharing website that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests, hobbies, and more. -
google+
a social networking system by Google, integrating several of the company's existing services, such as Google Buzz and Picasa Web Albums. -
snapchat
a photo messaging application -
outlook.com
the new free web-based email service from Microsoft, that replaced Hotmail. -
tinder
, a social discovery dating mobile application. -
mega
a cloud storage and file hosting service. -
slack
a cloud-based team collaboration tool. -
myspace
is a social networking website.