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ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), time sharing network of computers connected between UCLA and Stanford
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ARPANET open for public use
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Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Caillau develop World Wide Web, followed by URL, HTML, and HTTP
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National Science Foundation lifts ban that didn't allow commercial use of the internet
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Websites where people could buy from, which was a major step towards the Internet moving towards more commercial enterprises
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People able to receive DVDs by mail
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One of the greatest search engines launches, allowing consumers to navigate and engage with the Internet easier. Investors start to see how much potential online companies have
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Investors focus so much on the new world of e-commerce, they ignore common sense business strategies, causing many people to go bankrupt. YAHOO and eBay are impacted drastically, which reveals the vulnerability of the Internet
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Facebook launches, starting a new wave of social networking. People can communictae with each other, businesses can reach out to consumers
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Annual e-commerce sales top $1 trillion worldwide for the first time, establishing how powerful doing business online is