Internet timeline
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Early Report of the First Online Newspaper
Channel 4 KRON in San Francisco reports on the first use of the Internet by newspapers. Eight newspapers are in the network. Watch the... Read more
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The World Wide Web Becomes Publicly Available on the Internet
Nobody was paying attention to Tim Berners-Lee and his pet idea. He was a young British scientist at CERN, a high-energy physics lab in Geneva, and... Read more
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GeoCities is Founded as Beverly Hills Internet (BHI)
Beverly Hills Internet opened today four additional virtual communities based on real-world locations, raising to 10 the number of interactive... Read more
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eToys is Founded
We are the leading Web-based retailer focused exclusively on children's products, including toys, video games, software, videos and music. We... Read more
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Boo.com is Founded
Boo.com was a British Internet company founded by Swedes Ernst Malmsten, Kajsa Leander and Patrik Hedelin that famously went bust following the... Read more
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Flooz.com is Founded
Flooz.com was a dot-com venture, now defunct, based in New York City that went online in February 1999, promoted by comic actress Whoopi Goldberg... Read more
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Go.com is Founded
Go.com (also known as The Go Network) is a web portal first launched by Jeff Gold, and now operated by the Walt Disney Internet Group, which is a... Read more
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Kozmo.com is Founded
Kozmo.com was a venture-capital-driven online company that promised free one-hour delivery of anything from DVD rentals to Starbucks coffee in the... Read more
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Pets.com is Founded
Another important dot-com lesson was that advertising, no matter how clever, cannot save you. Take online pet-supply store Pets.com. Its talking... Read more
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Gov.Works.com is Founded
Last but certainly not least, the story of GovWorks.com was good enough to become the documentary Startup.com, which chronicles its brief life.... Read more
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Kibu.com is Founded
Unlike the other flops listed here, Kibu.com, an online community for teenage girls, didn't wait till the very end to wave the white flag. In... Read more
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MVP.com is Founded
Like Planet Hollywood and Flooz.com, MVP.com proved that celebrity endorsements are worth nothing in the long run. Backed by sports greats John... Read more
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Webvan is Founded
A core lesson from the dot-com boom is that even if you have a good idea, it's best not to grow too fast too soon. But online grocer Webvan was the... Read more
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Dot-com Bubble Reaches Peak
Over 1999 and early 2000, the Federal Reserve had increased interest rates six times, and the economy was beginning to lose speed. The dot-com... Read more
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AOL Time Warner Drops "AOL" From Name in Wake of Dot-Com Bubble Burst
In 2000, a new company called AOL Time Warner, with Steve Case as chairman, was created when AOL purchased Time Warner for US$164 bn. The deal,... Read more
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George W. Bush Coins the Term "Internets"
"Internets" is a Bushism-turned-catchphrase used humorously to portray the speaker as ignorant about the Internet or about technology in general,... Read more
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"Numa Numa" First Appears on Newgrounds.com
The Numa Numa phenomenon was first popularized by Gary Brolsma's release of Numa Numa Dance onto Newgrounds.com on December 6, 2004. The video... Read more
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Jon "DocEvil" Hendren Coins the Term 'Wikigroaning'
On June 4, 2007, website columnist Jon "DocEvil" Hendren wrote "The Art of Wikigroaning", coining the term wikigroaning. Wikigroaning is a game in... Read more
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Auto-Tune the News Episode 1 - "march madness. economic woes. pentagon budget cuts" Released
Auto-Tune the News features political pundits, news anchors, and politicians digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures... Read more
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Auto-Tune the News Episode 2 - "pirates. drugs. gay marriage." Released
Auto-Tune the News features political pundits, news anchors, and politicians digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures... Read more
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Auto-Tune the News Episode 3 - "cuba. afghan friendship. 2-party woes." Released
Auto-Tune the News features political pundits, news anchors, and politicians digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures... Read more
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Auto-Tune the News Episode 4 - "spa regulation. serbians. sotomayor" Released
Auto-Tune the News features political pundits, news anchors, and politicians digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures... Read more
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Auto-Tune the News Episode 5 - "lettuce regulation. American blessings" Released
Auto-Tune the News features political pundits, news anchors, and politicians digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures... Read more
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Oldest Known Bible Uploaded to the Internet
(CNN) -- The world's oldest known Christian Bible goes online Monday -- but the 1,600-year-old text doesn't match the one you'll find in churches... Read more