The History of the Internet

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Myspace
Myspace was the first major social networking web site. It allowed users to create profiles, add photos, add music, personalize their page, list personal interests, and more. Myspace had 100,000,000 active users by August 2006 and doubled to 200,000,000 by September 2007. From 2003-2007 Myspace was the most popular social networking site, only to be overtaken by Facebook in mid 2008.

Skype
Skype, lauched in August 2003, is a software application that allows users to make free voice and video calls and chats over the Internet. Skype was purchased by Microsoft in May of 2011 for $8.5 Billion. For a monthly fee, traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made, and users can have real phone numbers attached to their Skype accounts.

iTunes Store
Although iTunes was introduced by Apple, Inc. January 2001 in conjunction with the release of the Apple iPod later that year, the release of the iTunes store in April 2003 brought iTunes to the forefront. iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. iTunes can connect to the iTunes Store to purchase and download music, music videos, television shows.

3G
3G, or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications, was first commercially available in the United States in July 2003. Both 1G and 2G exists, but the data download rate was a mere 9.6kbs and not very effective for mobile purposes. 3G Technology marked the first time that cellular phones could directly connect to the internet and provide mobile broadband access to smartphones as well as laptop mobile modems. 3G data rates can reach 384kbps download, which is comparable to home broadband connections. Typical uses include mobile web browsing, mobile application downloads,and mobile access for laptop computers.