3 Internet Firsts That’ll Make You Say “What?”

Through decades of history, the online world has had many fascinating firsts. Let’s take a look at three of the more boggling ones. 1. The first e-commerce transaction involved marijuana. It was arranged between some university students and went through in the early 1970s. More than two decades later, the e-commerce website NetMarketer registered the first ever secure Web transaction when they sold a CD of Sting’s Ten Summoner’s Tales. 2. The first email spam was sent in 1978 by a marketer at DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) to promote a new computer and OS, coincidentally making it the Internet’s first...

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