Roy Tomlinson first Introduces electronic mail
1972
Roy Tomlinson first Introduces electronic mail
1973
TCP/IP designed as the defacto standard for the internet
2000
The US government extended the moratorium on internet taxes until at least 2005
2002
The start of what is known today as Google Shopping
eBay acquires PayPal for $1.5 billion.
2003
Amazon.com posts first yearly profit
MySpace was created
2004
Facebook is launched.
The first version of Firefox is released.
The role of blogs becomes increasingly mainstream.
2005
Jesse James Garrett coins the term AJAX.
Youtube.com launches
2006
Facebook starts selling advertisements..
Sex.com sold for $14,000,000, the highest recorded sales price for a domain name.
2007
The development of the Magneto e-commerce platform starts.
Business.com is acquired by R.H. Donnelley
January 1, 2009
Zappos.com is acquired by Amazon.com
January 31, 2011
US e-commerce and online retail sales projected.
2014
eBay user passwords, usernames, telephone numbers, addresses, and payment details are hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army.