Here are a smattering of internet firsts, from the very beginning of Amazon to YouTube’s first video. Via Business Insider:
The first picture uploaded to the web
The first picture ever uploaded on the web was posted by Tim Burners Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web) on behalf of a comedy band called Les Horrible Cernettes.
The first banner ad
Joe McCambley ran the first banner ad ever online. It went live in October 1994 on HotWired.com and it promoted 7 art museums, sponsored by AT&T.
The first book purchased on Amazon
The first book purchased on Amazon was Douglas Hofstadter’s Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought in 1995.
The first Youtube video
The first YouTube video posted was posted by co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. It was uploaded on April 23, 2005 and has been watched nearly 310 million times.
The first tweet
The first tweet was written by co-founder Jack Dorsey on March 21, 2006.
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