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McGill University student, Alan Emtage developed Archie (archive without the v), to save time while searching the internet.
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Tim Berners-Lee introduces the World Wide Web.
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Microsoft releases the first version of Internet Explorer, an internet browsing software.
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Amazon.com begins as an online book store.
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The term was first used by Darcy DiNucci.
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Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launch Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia in which the users write the content.
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Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched the social networking site.
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Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim created the video sharing website and uploaded the first video.
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Jack Dorsey launches Twitter and sends the first tweet: “just setting up my twttr”
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Stephen Wolfram developed Wolfram Alpha as a computational knowledge engine that computes exact answers about topics rather than search and display random web pages about a topic.
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Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer, and Tom Gruber co-founded Siri, an intelligent, voice-controlled, personal assistant. It was originally an independent iPhone Application that debuted in 2010. Apple acquired Siri in 2010. Apple modified Siri and introduced it in 2011.
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Amazon makes DSSTNE technology available for others to use. DSSTNE is the technology behind Amazon's product recommendation system.