From the latest happenings in things historical. This article 20 of the Most Important Moments in Internet History was published 22 days ago in Mental Floss. The article’s author is Todd Gilchrist.
These moments are:
| YEAR | EVENT |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Arpanet Goes Online |
| 1985 | The First “.Com” Debuts |
| 1991 | The World Wide Web Goes Live |
| 1991 | The First Webcam Is Put to Use |
| 1993 | AOL Mailed the Internet to People’s Homes |
| 1994 | Yahoo! First Exclaimed |
| 1996 | Hotmail First Ignited |
| 1997 | WI-FI Cut the Cord |
| 1999 | Napster Upended the Music Industry |
| 2001 | Wikipedia Started Crowdsourcing |
| 2004 | Facebook Launches |
| 2004 | Google Makes Its Initial Public Offering |
| 2005 | YouTube Debuts |
| 2006 | ‘Shoes’ Sets the Standard For Shared Videos |
| 2006 | Jack Dorsey Sends the First-Ever Tweet |
| 2007 | Netflix Transitioned to Streaming |
| 2007 | Apple Releases the iPhone |
| 2010 | Instagram Forces You to Sign Up for Another Social Media Platform |
| 2015 | A Dress Made People Lose Their Minds |
| 2016 | Pokemon Go Annoys People |
| YEAR | EVENT |
Thus, Gilchrist’s list. I would add 2020 when social media blocked Donald Trump, highlighting the power of the owners and managers of social media and the ongoing (and probably permanent) controversy over who to cancel and who to not.
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