- Ward Christensen and Randy Suess, two computer fans, invented
the CBBS system to inform their friends about meetings, make
announcements and share information. - Several students from the
University of Illinois developed Mosaic, which was presented as
the first browser adapted to the general public. - Launch of
GeoCities, a service that allows users to create their own web
pages. - The Web has one million websites. - GeoCities surpasses
one million users. - AOL Instant Messenger allows Internet chat.
- Blogging begins. - Google launches. - GeoCities goes public. -
Friends Reunited, the first social network to become popular
among Internet users, was founded in the UK to find old school
mates. - Yahoo! buys GeoCities for 3.57 billion dollars. - The
Blogger platform launches. - The dotcom bubble burst and the
future of Internet is more uncertain than ever. - 70 million
computers are connected to the Internet. - Friendster launches.
The social network reaches 3 million users in just three months.
- AOL has alr