Technologies and Cyberpsychology

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY TIMELINE

1964

IBM rolls out the OS/360, the first mass-produced computer operating system.

1965

First Network Experiment: Directed by Larry Roberts at MIT Lincoln Lab, two computers talked to each other using packet-switching technology.

1966

ARPA project begins. Larry Roberts is chief scientist.

1972

Pong, one of the first mass-produced video games, has become the rage. The inventor later launches Atari.

1975

Bill Gates and Paul Allen form a partnership known as Microsoft to write computer software.

1981

IBM announces its first Personal Computer. Microsoft creates DOS.

1983

In January "Time" names its 1982 "man" of the year -- the personal computer.

1989

Over 80,000 host computers were connected to what was now called the Internet.

1990

ARPAnet ends. Tim Berners-Lee creates the World Wide Web.

1992

"Surfing the Internet" is coined by Jean Armour Polly.

1993

Web grows by 341,000 percent in a year.

1994

Netscape Communications founded.

Jeff Bezos writes the business plan for Amazon.com.

1999

AOL buys Netscape.

Browsers wars declared over; Netscape and Microsoft share almost 100% of browser market.

Napster created to provide access for peer-to-peer file sharing and ignites a copyright war in the music industry.

2000

The Dot-Com Bubble bursts. A majority of the dot-coms ceased trading after burning through their venture capital, often without ever making a net profit.

2001

A federal judge rules that Napster must remain offline until it can prevent copyrighted material from being shared by its users.

2003

MySpace founded and becomes most popular social networking site until reign ends in 2008.

2004

Facebook founded.

2005

YouTube.com launches.

2006

Pong, one of the first mass-produced video games, has become the rage. The inventor later launches Atari.

2007

There are an estimated 92 million Web sites online.

Twitter founded.

2008

Facebook has 100 million users.

2009

Facebook has 200 million users.

2010

The Pew Internet & American Life project reports that 77% of adult Americans use the Internet (90% of individuals between the ages of 18-29).

2011

The Pew Internet & American Life project reports that eighty-five percent of Americans age 18 and older own a cell phone.

47% of American adults use their cell phones and tablet computers to get local news and information. 

Facebook has over 600 million users.

REFERENCES

· http://history1900s.about.com/...

· http://www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1/index.html

· http://www.pewinternet.org/Data-Tools/Get-The-Latest-Statistics.asp

· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook

· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace

· http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/ >

· http://www.pewinternet.org/Static-Pages/Trend-Data/Online-Activities-20002009.aspx

CREDITS

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Dr. Kathleen DeSousa PhD.

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Danielle Kaardal

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Marisa Johnson

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Paul Schwoboda

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