April 27, 1998: Koko Goes Ape in AOL Chat
1998: Koko the gorilla, student of American Sign Language and surrogate mother to orphaned kittens, holds the first-known live, interspecies internet chat. America Online, then the gorilla of internet...
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2000: Half of United States households have internet access, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. Nielsen is best known for measuring the popularity of a certain other mass medium that went viral a...
View ArticleAug. 9, 1995: When the Future Looked Bright for Netscape
1995: Netscape Communications stages a successful initial public offering, making it one of the first companies to capitalize on the growing World Wide Web. The company, whose premium product was the...
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