Chapter 2 Flashcards
(13 cards)
a scientist at CERN, develops HTML. This technology continues to have a large impact on how we navigate and view the internet today.
1990
Tim Berners- Lee
CERN introduces the World Wide Web/first browser to the public.
1991
Marc Andreesen develops the Mosaic Web browser at the University of Illinois,
1993
Netscape Communications makes Netscape Browser. Microsoft makes a Web browser (IE/Internet Explorer) for Windows 95.
1994
Yahoo! is created by Jerry Yang and David Filo. The site was originally called “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web.” The company was later incorporated in _________.
1994
March 1995
Netflix is founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph as a company that sends users DVDs by mail.
1997
The Google search engine is born by Google Inc., changing the way users engage with the internet.
1998
Google Chrome released for Microsoft Windows, built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. It was later ported to Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android, where it is the default browser.
2008
**Note this 10 yrs after Google Inc. comes into existence.
RISE OF MOBILE COMPUTING
2003 Apple Introduces Power Book G4 series for $1,999 USD the ibook Series sells at $999 USD.
2005 Laptops out sell Desktops in the USA
SOCIAL NETWORKS
2004-The first social media site to reach a million monthly active users was MySpace.
2004-FaceBook launches.
2005-Youtube Launches owned by ALPHABET
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
2007 WiFi-enabled phones, from cell phones to smartphones, become very popular
TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY MERGES COMPUTER INDUSTRY.
RISE OF THE CELL PHONE
By 2007, around 3.3 billion mobile devices were in use. Some countries had more cellular phones than people.
2007-Apple introduces the iPhone the first fully realized smartphone.
2007-ANDROID introduced released in 2008 on the HTC Dream
In _____, Apple Launches
its 1st Apple store
2001
