Oct 8, 2025 · After the hype and fear of Y2K (a.k.a. the Millenium bug) quickly faded in January 2000, the internet continued its mostly joyful rise in the culture. Sure, the dot-com bubble got pricked in …

Mar 11, 2014 · Archie, the first tool to search the internet is developed by McGill University student Alan Emtage. Researchers rig up a live shot of a coffee pot so they could tell from their computer screens …

The first internet revolution happened in the early 2000s. The global network was no longer the privilege of technically advanced geeks and became available to anyone with a personal computer.

The Internet's takeover of the global communication landscape was rapid in historical terms: it only communicated 1% of the information flowing through two-way telecommunications networks in the …

If you were to visit your favorite website back in the early internet days, you’d find that most of the web pages were filled with scrunched links, pixelated images and terrible search bars.

Sep 6, 2025 · In the early 2000s, internet forums were one of the primary places where online communities formed. These forums, like Reddit, Something Awful, and 4chan, became hubs for …

Mar 12, 2024 · While the dot-com crash led to the downfall of many internet companies, a select few not only weathered the storm but emerged stronger, going on to dominate the digital landscape.

Nov 4, 2025 · Read on for a look at the stories of influential figures like Satoshi Nakamoto, who introduced Bitcoin, and companies like Google and Apple that continued to push the boundaries of …

Jun 16, 2025 · Before the internet, people's worlds were much smaller, especially for those of us who didn't fit in. In this post, I reflect on what it was like growing up as an outsider and how the internet …

Jan 28, 2021 · It seems remarkable with the benefit of hindsight, but the internet was relatively new and unknown as this century dawned. There were ‘only’ ten million websites and 361 million internet …