The Internet Revolution: How Connectivity Changed the World

The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson in 1971.

The first web browser was called World Wide Web and was created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990.

The first search engine was called Archie and was created by Alan Emtage in 1990.

The first social networking site was called Friendster and was created by Jonathan Abrams in 2002.

The first video-sharing website was called YouTube and was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim in 2005.

The first smartphone was called iPhone and was created by Apple in 2007.

The first social media platform was called Facebook and was created by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004.

The first cloud computing platform was called Amazon Web Services and was created by Amazon in 2006.

The first cryptocurrency was called Bitcoin and was created by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009.

The first artificial intelligence (AI) system was called ELIZA and was created by Joseph Weizenbaum in 1966.

The first self-driving car was called Google Car and was created by Google in 2009.

The first 3D printer was called SLA-1 and was created by Charles Hull in 1984.

The first gene-editing tool was called CRISPR-Cas9 and was created by Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna in 2012.

The first reusable rocket was called Falcon 9 and was created by SpaceX in 2010.

The first commercial space tourism company was called Virgin Galactic and was created by Richard Branson in 2004.