https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj Rise of galactic network of interconnected computers from its earliest beginnings in the mind of Licklider in 1962 and the development of ARPANET to the rise of social media in the 00s... en-us 2017-09-11 11:57:03 UTC 2017-09-19 13:33:08 UTC hello@padlet.com whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186322776 MIT researcher envisioned a network of computers that allowed users to gather data Aand access programs from anywhere in the world using a computer and outlined this in a series of memos which kickstarted the development of ARPANET...]]> 2017-09-11 12:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186322776 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186322923 In the 1950s, computers underwent a revolution when John Atanasoff went for a solitary drive one evening, stopped for a bourbon and came up with the idea of electronic computers, where the mathematical operations became changes in electrical charges rather than mechanical movement. ]]> 2017-09-11 12:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186322923 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186323218 The earliest network of computers linked happened first in a single facility and then a wider network of educational and research institutions. It was the also first network to switch/exchange packets of data along phonelines and to implement the protocol suite TCP/IP both of which became the technical foundations of the modern internet. The first email was sent in 1971.]]> 2017-09-11 12:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186323218 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186324277 In a CERN research lab in Switzerland, British scientist Tim Bernes-Lee invented the World Wide Web, i.e. a series of hyperlinked web-pages that anyone could connect to, the initial stages of a system of information pages and websites with various forms of text and other media.]]> 2017-09-11 12:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186324277 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186325031 By 1993 there are now over 600 websites available to browse online and these include the White House and the UN at a time when Congress formally recognised the potential of the internet for the economy.]]> 2017-09-11 12:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186325031 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186325519 The first official web browser program that reached the public was Mosaic invented by students of the University of Illinois, at the start of the 1990s, and this later became Netscape and was followed by Windows 95' web browser...]]> 2017-09-11 12:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186325519 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186326014 The first video that went viral of a CGI baby doing the cha-cha. It appeared on news stations across the US and Europe as well as making an appearance on the huge hit TV show Ally Mcbeal...

]]> 2017-09-11 12:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186326014 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186326676 This famous internet search engine began life as a research project at Stanford university and in two years became what they hoped, a better way to search the web that ranked web pages on their content and relevance]]> 2017-09-11 12:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186326676 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186326778 The emergence of a pioneering peer-to-peer files sharing service that allowed people to share MP3 files easily and for free online between 1999 and 2001, however, it ran into serious copyright infringement issues]]> 2017-09-11 12:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186326778 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186326877 Many bright minds (especially graduates) had been launching successful internet companies, such as Webvan, taking part in the e-commerce bubble made millions of dollars. But in 2001 this period of extreme growth abruptly ended.]]> 2017-09-11 12:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186326877 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186326972 The MySpace social networking site launched in 2003 and became an instant sensation as a means of promoting yourself online and making new friends as well. Instant messanager software Skype was also launched in 2003]]> 2017-09-11 12:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186326972 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186327457 Facebook (the Facebook) was launched by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004, a computer programmer and psychology student at Harvard University. The video uploading website YouTube (2005) and micro-blogging site Twitter (2006) with the very first tweet by its founder followed shortly after...]]> 2017-09-11 12:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186327457 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186328602 The photo-sharing app and website Instagram was alaunched in 2010 as a photo-sharing service that has also now become one of the major social networking platforms online with ]]> 2017-09-11 12:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186328602 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186328733 The revolutionary connecting of a series of physical devices in your home, from smart devices such as fridges and thermostats to Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant.]]> 2017-09-11 12:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186328733 whitesony https://padlet.com/whitesony/m8ik3v6l4wyj/wish/186329704 What does the future hold for the internet? What will the internet look like in 2025, 2030 or 2040?








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