2002 UK online monthly consumer shopping breaks through the £1 billion barrier.
Google AdWords charges on a PPC basis instead of CPM.
2003 eBay topples Amazon as the most visited UK website.
2004 CD-WOW loses court case and rights to source cheaper CDs outside EU,
undermining the global concept of the Internet.
Facebook launches from the Harvard dorm room of Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin
Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin.
2005 Iceland leads the world with broadband penetration: 26.7 inhabitants per 100
have broadband compared with 15.9 per 100 in the UK.
Launch of YouTube.
Google buys Android Inc.
2006 Google buys YouTube for $1.6 billion.
Facebook membership opens to anyone.
Twitter launches.
Technorati notes that a blog is created every second of every day.
Time Magazine names “You” as person of the year, due to online activity.
2007 Facebook launches Facebook Ads.
Apple launches the iPhone.
Google Phone, with the Android operating system, launches.
2008 Firefox 3.0 launches with over 8 million downloads in 24 hours.
Groupon launches, to become the fastest growing company of all time.
Google Chrome, a browser, launches.
Apple launches the App Store.
2009 Facebook adds “like” feature.
Foursquare launches.
2010 Facebook reaches 500 million users.
24 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute.
Launch of Google Instant.
Google launches Nexus One.
Internet usage tops 1 966 514 816 worldwide.
2011 200 million tweets are sent daily on Twitter - about one billion a week.
Social media is credited with a crucial role in political movements in Egypt,
Tunisia and Libya.
Apple’s App Store downloads top 10 billion.
Google + launches.