Source: Our World in Data
Published: April 2019
The Internet’s History
Circulated: December 6, 2019
1965: the first email system MAILBOX was used at MIT
1972: Email is invented allowing for messages between computers
1989: World Wide Web created
1991: First web page published
1994: Netscape web browser released
1995: eBay, Yahoo, and Amazon.com
1997: Google search
1999: Alibaba and Napster
2001: Wikipedia
2004: Facebook
2005: YouTube and Google Maps
2007: iPhone
2008: Github and Chrome browser
2009: Whatsapp, Uber, Bitcoin, Blockchain
2010: Instagram
2011: WeChat and Siri
2014: Amazon Alexa
2018: EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)