15 years of the World Wide Web

In 1990, Tim Berners-Lee launched the World Wide Web, a multimedia branch of the Internet.

According to the Sparks Technology page of CNN, here are the “Top Ten Web Moments” in internet history.
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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.