The document provides a brief history of the internet and the development of web pop-ups and sponsorships. It notes that the internet began in the US over 50 years ago with ARPAnet allowing data sharing. Tim Berners-Lee later introduced the World Wide Web. Web pop-ups were invented in the 1990s as an advertising method and were launched on Tripod.com, though some find them irritating. Online sponsorships similarly support organizations financially and were first used during a 1946 baseball game in America.