The document provides a history of the internet and web. It discusses how ARPANET was developed in 1969 to connect several universities. The first person to use the internet was Charley Kline at UCLA in 1969. Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989, launching the first website in 1991 about how to use the web. Online shopping began in 1991 when the web was opened for commercial use, with companies like Yahoo launching in 1994 changing the direction of the internet. Web pop-ups were invented in the late 1990s by Ethan Zuckerman as a form of online advertising. The first program sponsorship aired during a baseball game in the US, lasting 10 seconds for a payment of $140.