I can't believe it¡¡¡, 15...?, well , I just can't imagine my life without you. No Google , no blog ,no access to NY Times or La Vanguardia and Radio4 while I was in New York. My Itunes or any type of research. The list is endless and I am sure most of us are somehow addicted to surf the net but I would like to share two things:
1- The origins of internet as a concept started seriuosly with Bob Taylor, Pentagon,Washington DC, 12 April 1968, YES ¡¡¡¡, 1968....OLDER than me....--makes me happy¡--
2- Top 10 milestones , what do you think?
10. WiFi hotspots -- wireless Internet connectivity appears in airports, hotels and even McDonald's.
9. Webcams and photo sharing -- communication becomes visual, and inboxes fill with baby photos.
8. Skype -- telephony turns upside down with free long-distance calls, Ebay snaps it up in September 2005 for $2.6 billion.
7. Live 8 on AOL -- five million people watch poverty awareness concerts online in July 2005, setting a new Net record.
6. Napster goes offline -- Regulators close the pioneering music swap site in July 2001 and file-sharing goes offshore.
5. Lewinsky scandal -- Matt Drudge breaks the Clinton/Lewinsky sex scandal in 1998. The blog is born.
4. Tsunami and 9/11 -- two tragic events set the Web alight with opinion and amateur video.
3. Boom and bust -- trillions of dollars were made and lost as the dotcom bubble ballooned and burst between 1995 and 2001.
2. Hotmail -- went from having zero users in 1995 to 30 million subscribers 30 months later. It now has 215 million users.
1. Google -- redefined search. Invented a new advertising model and commands a vast business empire.
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