The Internet By mruiz17 Jun 1, 1989 The start of the world wide web began as a project started by a European Organization for Nuclear Research The start of the world wide web began as a project started by a European Organization for Nuclear Research Period: Jun 1, 1989 to Jun 1, 2015 Internet Jun 2, 1989 The start of the world wide web began as a project started by a European Organization for Nuclear Research Jun 1, 1990 42% of American Adults have used a computer Jun 2, 1990 Tim Berners-Lee developed the first developes the first web browser (WorldWideWeb) Jun 1, 1992 The term “surfing the internet” is coined and popular Jun 2, 1993 Marc Andreessen proposes the IMG HTML tag to allow the display of images on the Web Jun 3, 1994 11 million American households have access to the internet Jun 3, 1995 Amazon.com opens and begins by selling books Jun 4, 1995 Microsoft releases windows 95 and they release the first version of internet explorer Jun 3, 1997 Netflex launches and begins to send dvd's to people's homes through mail Jun 3, 1998 20% of Americans get news from the internet at least once a week Jun 3, 1999 Napster, a highspeed mp3 downloading service is launched, but later taken down for allowing illegal music file sharing Jun 3, 2001 AOL buys Time Warner for $165 billion dollars Jun 3, 2002 55 Million Americans use the internet in their jobs Jun 4, 2002 Microsoft releases XBOX Live, a service in which people are able to play multiplayer games on the internet Jun 3, 2003 Apple launches iTunes Music store, where over 200000 songs were available for 99 cents each Jun 3, 2003 Skype is launched. At the moment it was only used for voice calls Jun 3, 2004 Mark Zuckerberg lauches thefacebook.com Jun 3, 2004 Google starts trading stocks at $85 dollars a share Feb 14, 2005 YouTube is founded Jun 3, 2005 Broadband takes over internet providing, leaving dial up connection behind Jun 3, 2006 Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion Jun 3, 2006 Twitter is launched Jun 3, 2007 36% of Americans use Wikipedia for research Jun 3, 2008 Google launches Google Chrome, a web browser Jun 3, 2008 Apple releases The App Store which included 552 apps available for downloading Jun 3, 2009 Twitter gains $98 million from investors Jun 3, 2009 Microsoft launches Bing web search engine Jun 3, 2009 Kanye West's interruption during the VMA's becomes an internet sensation, especially with memes Jun 3, 2009 Kik is founded. Later used by saying, "you got kik"? Jun 3, 2010 Photo sharing apps such as Instagram and Pinterest launch Jan 25, 2011 Egyptians use the hashtag #egypt and #Jan25 to spread awareness to the Egyptian revolution Jun 3, 2011 Microsoft buys Skype for 8.5 billion Jun 3, 2012 Facebook receives 1 billion active users Jun 3, 2012 66% of people who use the internet use Facebook and 12% use Instagram Jun 3, 2013 Online Banking is use by 51% of American adults Jun 3, 2014 45% of people of the ages 18-29 say the internet has impacted their relationship Jun 3, 2014 Facebook buys Whatsup (messaging app) for $19 billion