HP releases early „palmtop” PCs with built-in modems. While slow, they allow early adopters to check emails and browse text-heavy sites without a desktop.
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2000 Classic: Google Launches AdWords
Google introduces AdWords with 350 initial customers. By allowing businesses to buy ads based on specific keywords, Google creates a highly effective, performan...czytaj dalej »
1996 Vault: 1996 The Year of the Community
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1999 Vault: The Birth of Blogger
Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan (Pyra Labs) launch Blogger. It makes publishing online so easy that anyone can have a voice, triggering the first true "golden ag...czytaj dalej »
Internet
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1999 Report: The BlackBerry 850
Research In Motion (RIM) releases the first BlackBerry device. Featuring a tiny QWERTY keyboard and "always-on" email, it becomes the ultimate status symbol for...czytaj dalej »
Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore)
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2000 Vault: The Rise of Baidu
Robin Li and Eric Xu found Baidu in Beijing. It quickly becomes the dominant search engine in China, creating a localized alternative to the global internet gia...czytaj dalej »
1998 Legacy: The "Hamster Dance" Goes Viral
One of the earliest examples of a "web meme," the Hampster Dance website (featuring rows of animated GIFs), proves that simple, repetitive humor can capture glo...czytaj dalej »
1997 Report: Internet via Cable Modems
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1997 Vault: The Term "Weblog" is Coined
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