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Events
Development of electric computers
Developement of the ARPANET
networks such as the NPL network, ARPANET, Tymnet, Merit Network, CYCLADES, and Telenet, were developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s
The ARPANET was decommissioned in 1990.
In the 1980s, research at CERN in Switzerland by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee resulted in the World Wide Web
flowing through two-way telecommunications networks in the year 1993, already 51% by 2000, and more than 97% of the telecommunicated information by 2007
By the 1980s, home computers were becoming more common and social media was becoming more sophisticated. Internet relay chats, or IRCs, were first used in 1988 and continued to be popular well into the 1990’s.
in the early 2000s, and sites like Photobucket and Flickr facilitated online photo sharing
YouTube came out in 2005
Wikipedia was launched in 2001
Twitter was invented in 2006
myspace was invented
The social media sites Pinterest and Instagram are launched.
Twitter and Facebook play a large role in the Middle East revolts.
The Internet marks its 40th anniversary.
Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee and National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, reveals that the NSA had in place a monitoring program capable of tapping the communications of thousands of people, including U.S. citizens.
President Barack Obama's administration announces its opposition to major parts of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act
AOL changes its business model, offering most services for free and relying on advertising to generate revenue
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.
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, and Cortana from Microsoft.
self driving cars are sold to the public and used on roads.
Virtual reality introduced to the gaming society.
Robots are used in over 55% of american households
New Iphone 20 comes out with just screen noback
virtual reality world created
apple and microsoft merge to make super computers