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Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web while at CERN
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World’s first website and server go live at CERN, running on Tim Berners-Lee’s NeXT computer
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a live shot of a coffee pot so they could tell from their computer screens when a fresh pot had been brewed. Later connected to the World Wide Web, it becomes the first webcam.
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The line-mode browser launches. It is the first readily accessible browser for the World Wide Web.
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CERN places its World Wide Web technology in the public domain, donating it to the world.
Marc Andreessen proposes the IMG HTML tag to allow the display of images on the Web. -
Yahoo! is created by Stanford University. They originally named the site “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web.”
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Microsoft releases Windows 95 and the first version of Internet Explorer.
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Nokia releases the Nokia 9000 Communicator, the first cellphone with internet capabilities.
HoTMaiL launches as one of the world’s first Webmail services, its name a reference to the HTML internet language used to build webpages.
The Dancing Baby, a 3D animation, becomes one of the first viral videos. -
Google.com registers as a domain.
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The Internet Corporations for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) takes over responsibility for the coordination of the global internet’s systems of unique identifiers.
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MP3 downloading service Napster launches, overloading high-speed networks in college dormitories. Many colleges ban the service and it is later shut down for enabling the illegal sharing of music files.
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Jimmy Wales launches Wikipedia. Users write over 20,000 encyclopedia entries in the first year.
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Apple launches the iTunes Music Store
Skype, a voice-over-IP calling and instant messaging service, launches
Professional networking site LinkedIn launches. -
Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launches thefacebook.com.
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YouTube is founded on Valentine’s Day.
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Twitter launches. Founder Jack Dorsey
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Apple releases its first iPhone,
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Google releases the Chrome Web browser. Apple launches its App Store with 552 applications.
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Microsoft’s Bing search engine launches.
The Internet marks its 40th anniversary. -
Social photo-sharing sites Pinterest and Instagram launch.
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LinkedIn reaches 100 million users and debuts on NYSE.
Twitter and Facebook play a large role in the Middle East revolts. -
Fifty-one percent of U.S. adults report that they bank online, according to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center.
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Instagram, the photo-sharing site, reaches 400 million users, outpacing Twitter, which would go on to reach 316 million users by the middle of the same year.
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Google unveils Google Assistant, a voice-activated personal assistant program, marking the entry of the Internet giant into the "smart" computerized assistant marketplace. Google joins Amazon's Alexa, Siri from Apple
