Some time between 1936 and 1938 a German man named Konrad Zuse is thought to have invented the first ever computer. The internet has come a long, long way since then.
It wasn’t until 1983 that researchers started to formulate what was to become the world wide web. Seven years later, the internet started to take the form that we all know and recognise today.
Fast-forward to 2019 and the internet offers endless possibilities, we can shop, listen to our favourite music, keep in touch with old friends and hone our creative skills.
We all have our own browsing habits, things we couldn’t live without (perhaps that’s a bit dramatic) but here are a few of our favourite things that we definitely couldn’t do before the internet.
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Next Day Delivery
Not having to navigate infuriatingly busy shopping centres and freezing cold high streets is definitely one of the high points. Queuing at 6am for the boxing day sales? Ha, no thank you.
Online Streaming
Having access to our favourite shows, movies and musicians is something that’s easy to take for granted most of the time. Have you watch daytime telly recently? Exactly.
Memes
Meme culture is one of the most wonderfully bizarre and best things to happen in the 21st century. A big claim, but we stand wholeheartedly by it.
Internet Fan Theories
If you haven’t spent hours getting lost in the r/FanTheories thread on Reddit have you really ever lived? PS anyone got ANY idea how the new Avengers is going to pan out?
Online News
This is a biggy – we’re now more clued up on what’s going in the world around us, many of us are more politically aware and those in power are forced to be more transparent than ever before.
Internet Gaming
Remember the unbridled joy of getting home from school and jumping straight on Xbox Live to play Call of Duty with the friends you left 30 minutes ago? Yep, that.
Apps
Sure this is a pretty broad one but they weren’t kidding when they said there is literally an app for EVERYTHING. Genuinely useful stuff too, banking, travel, translation – ever tried to navigate a foreign country with just a map? It is not fun.
We’d love to hear your favourite things about the internet, your favourite apps, your favourite websites – let us know across our social channels!
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