Technology in the 1990's

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  • 1990, World Wide Web - First Web Browser

    1990, World Wide Web - First Web Browser

    Invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990 while working at CERN. This man basically created an early edition of the internet and through that, modern day web browsers have only grown and expanded to help us.
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    Technology in the 1990's

  • 1992, First SMS Message

    1992, First SMS Message

    First SMS message ever sent read "Merry Christmas" and it was sent by none other than Neil Papworth, a test engineer, from his personal computer. SMS is now a ultra popular system to communicate in modern day society.
  • 1994, Amazon Founded

    1994, Amazon Founded

    Founded by Jeff Bezos and arguably one of the biggest online retailers in the world in modern day society, Amazon started out selling books in 1994.
  • 1996, USB Invented

    1996, USB Invented

    Ajay Bhatt, an Intel Architect, developed the USB standard interface. A USB basically helps us to connect multiple technology devices together -- such as a phone charger to a power box!
  • 1998, Google Founded

    1998, Google Founded

    Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the Google Search engine is the most popular and visited site in the United States; Google simply started out as just a project.