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Ray Tomlinson invented and sent the first email. Utilized the @ symbol to separate the user name from computer name -
Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington developed the first PC Modem -
The first unsolicited commercial email message was sent to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk -
Role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat was developed in a game called War of Worldcraft, allowing players to connect. -
A hypertext program launched for scientists to keep track of people, software, and projects using hypertext -
Scott Fahlman, made a smiley face, instead of using keyboard keys. -
The precursor to the Internet is launched, connecting Universities UCLA, Stanford, Santa Barbara, and University of Utah -
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web- allowing for internet to be accessible for everyone -
The first webcam was developed at Cambridge University computer lab to monitor the coffee maker to avoid wasted trips to an empty coffee machine -
The first audio and video is launched on the internet -
The White House and United Nations came online, with .gov and .org domain names
https://youtu.be/bO7FQsCcbD8 -
A Sting CD sold through a secure online transaction -
During this year, Amazon, Craigslist, and eBay launched -
Google emerged, first hosted on Stanford's network by Stanford University students -
3G allowed for faster internet access onto phones -
Skype launched, allowing people to communicate via video -
Youtube was launched, allowing the sharing of content that can be shared and consumed online -
This made the internet portable, allowing information to be accessed on the go -
Federal Communications Commission made a decision to treat all traffic internet equally