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The First Email
The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson -
The First Graphic Virtual World
Mazewar introduced the first graphic virtual world (online game) -
The First Spam Email
The first spam email sent by Gary Thuerk to 393 recipients -
The Domain Name System
The first domain name system was introduced, making websites more user-friendly (.com, .org, .edu) -
AOL
America Online (AOL) was founded -
The First Major Computer Virus
The Morris Worm was the first major computer virus -
The World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee proposed the WWW working at CERN -
The First Search Engine
Archie was the first search engine created by Alan Emtage -
Yahoo!
With the release of Netscape Navigator, Yahoo is founded, marking the rise of web directories -
Netflix
Netflix was founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph -
Google
Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin -
MySpace
MySpace launched and became the first major social media platform -
Facebook
Facebook is founded by Mark Zuckerburg at Harvard, which initially was for college students -
Youtube
Youtube was launched, revolutionizing video sharing and user-generated content -
Twitter
Twitter was introduced emphasizing real-time communication -
Tumblr
Tumblr was launched blending blogging with social networking -
Instagram
Instagram was launched -
Snapchat
Snapchat debuts with disappearing messages -
TikTok
Tiktok was launched -- renamed from Musically -
ChatGPT
AI tools like ChatGPT were launched