Digital Revolution

Internet, computers and smartphones transform every aspect of human life

1990 🌍 Global Modern History

🌐 Key Facts

World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee (1989); made public 1991 — changed everything

Dot-com boom (1995–2001) — internet economy; Google (1998), Amazon, Facebook, iPhone all followed

By 2023: 5.3 billion internet users; AI revolution is the next wave of digital transformation

More people have access to a smartphone today than to a flush toilet — the world leapfrogged

Era

🌐 Modern History

Region

🌍 Global

Year

1990

Summary

Internet, computers and smartphones transform every aspect of human life