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20 Years On: Why Netscape’s IPO Was the “Big Bang” of the Internet Era
This Sunday, August 9th, marks the 20th anniversary of perhaps the seminal moment in modern tech history. On August 9th, 1995, Netscape Communications Corporation went …
How Teens Spent Time On The Web In 1999
More data goodness from my deep dives into The Industry Standard’s hard copy archives. In 1999, Jupiter Communications estimated there were only about 8 million …
Nostalgia For Dot-Com Era Valuations?
Was in the library today doing research for upcoming episodes. Was going through the entire print run of Industry Standard magazine, page by page. Stumbled …
Is There A Tool That Triggers A Phone Alert Via RSS?
I’m waiting feverishly for the latest Ask the Maester column to go live on Grantland. Sooo… so many questions about that last episode and the …
What Was The First Item Ever Ordered On Amazon?
John Wainwright Was Amazon’s First Ever Customer Amazon.com was actually founded all the way back in the summer of 1994. But unlike other dotcom-era startups …
On the 20th Anniversary – The History of Yahoo’s Founding
Yahoo was officially incorporated on March 2nd, 1995. This is a partial transcript of several episodes of the Internet History Podcast, including an oral history …
Amazon’s Office Layout Circa 1996?
Here’s a fun little nugget. It’s from Erica Jorgensen, who was the Health Books editor at Amazon. This is a neat tie-in to recent …