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First emoticon: it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -).
In 1990 the code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs.
Wikipedia is launched
"Internet Hall of Fame." Timeline. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. <http://www.internethalloffame.org/internet-history/timeline>.
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In The Future
Arpanet was the first real network to run on packet switching technology.
First Email: Ray Tomlinson made the decision to use the 2 symbol to separate the name from the computer name.
All appliances will connect to the internet.
Instagram was created
The first web page was created. Also the first MP3 and the first web cam.
Google was created.
Facebook and Myspace are created.
AOL launched
Spam was created
Commercialization of the web: 1995 is often considered the first year the web became commercialized. While there were a few key developments that happened that year. First, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption was developed by Netscape, making it safer to conduct financial transactions (like credit card payments) online. In addition, two major online businesses got their start the same year. The first sale on "Echo Bay" was made that year. Echo Bay later became eBay. Amazon.com
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1990
Youtube was created
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Sling T.V. was created
First news story: In 1998, the first major news story to be broken online was the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal (also referred to as "Monicagate" among other nicknames), which was posted on The Drudge Report after Newsweek killed the story.
First graphical web browser
The first message sent between two computers was sent on October 29, 1969.