| 1671 |
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| Paris / France |
VB, Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon
turns into an avant-gare tech company,
the
Royal French Postal Services.
The place becomes a Telecom Hotspot
and the connection point of the
postal families
Pagot & Rouille and Thurn & Taxis.
King Louis XIV loves et efficiency of VB.
Also Louis XIV remembers the VB mansion
from his childhood.
more about a tech story leading to VB.com / Global Visit List.
|
| 1738 |
|
Paris / France
Brussels / Belgium
Frankfurt and Regensburg / Germany |
King Louis XV, The successor of King Louis XIV
is envious of the
succes of the private VB Telecom network.
He withdraws the
Postal License from the Pajot Rouille family.
He has no acce to Thurn & Taxis based in Brussels
.
End of a Story.
Over time the story is forgotten bin Paris,
but it remains in the memory of the Thurn & Taxis
|
| 1985 |
|
| USA |
Registration of the first 6 dot com domains |
| 1986 |
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| |
Johannes Thurn & Taxis shows the VB mansion to Ben Solms,
a 20 year old student.
Thurn & Taxis beleives energy of his ancestors, the old postmasters
is sleeping in the walls of VB.
Through his grandmother is also a descendant of the Bourbons.
He gives the student a "Postal Taler" inherited from his ancestors
with the mission to find a new idea
in Telecom.
|
| USA |
Registration of the
54 next domains
including 3 "Two Letters",
The 676 ultra short
Two Letter Domains are today most valuable
category of Internet domains.
HP.com, TI.com
and GE.com are the Pioneers |
| 1987 |
|
Paris / France
Tokyo / Japan
|
"Electrica", a small Sony Phone Boutique opens
1989 Akio Morita (Sony) hears about the little Boutique
and
explains young Ben Solms (Electrica)
the importance of catchy, easy to remember brand names. |
| USA |
Registration of the est 45 more domains
among them
Apple.com
reg 18-02-1987 |
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|
| 1991 |
VB.com
estimated first
registration of VB,
a "Two Letter dot com", ultra visible on any computer keyboard
The domain
does not yet realise it's the acronym for
many different things including
"Visitors Bureau"
|
| 1993 |
The Sony Phones
and a little jewel left by the fashion designer Coco Chanel made it possible
toget a loan to aquire next door Cremerie de Paris / VB.
Ben Solms is to young to have know Coco Chanel in person,
but they had a friend in common.
Aimee de Heeren transmited the little jewel
and their sense for glamour and style.
In some way the two Ladys are the "god-mothers"
of the Global Visit List helping to Cremerie de Paris
in it's early days
long before
before the VB.com Internet activites had come alife ..
Cremerie de Paris has a unique tech story.
A story that left
and a story that is about to return ... |
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|
| 1995 |
|
| Mammoth / USA (CA) |
Visit Mammoth.com
reg 14-11-1995
 |
| |
|
| Paris / France |
Electrica for Sony /
Cremerie de Paris
opens an avant-garde
Internetcafe. |
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|
| 1996 |
|
| |
|
Rhode Island / USA |
Visit Rhode Island.com
reg 15-02-1996
|
| Bloomington / USA (IN) |
Visit Bloomington.com
reg 11-04-1996
|
| Vallejo / USA (CA) |
Visit Vallejo.com
since 17-04-1996
reg 17-94-1996 |
| New York / USA (NY) |
Visit New York.com
reg 22-04-1996
independant
|
| Washington / USA |
Visit Washington.com
reg 22-04-1996
inependant |
| Canada |
Visit Canada.com
reg 22-04-1996
independant |
| Quebec / Canada |
Visit Quebec.com
reg 22-04-1996
independant |
| Vermont / USA |
Visit Vermont.com
reg 01-05-1996 |
| Maine / USA |
Visit Maine.com
since 13-06-1996 |
| Bath / USA (MN) |
Visit Bath.com
since 18-07-1996 |
| New England / USA |
Visit New England.com
since 20-07-1996
independant |
| Connecticut / USA |
Visit Connecticut.com
since 20-07-1996
independant |
| Jackson / USA (WY) |
Visit Jackson.com
since 30-07-1996 |
| Europe |
Visit Europe.com
since 17-10-1996
 |
| Madison / USA (WI) |
Visit Madison.com
since 17-10-1996 |
| Williamsburg / USA (VA) |
Visit Williamsburg.com
since 06-12-1996 |
| Las Vegas / USA (NV) |
Visit Las Vegas.com
since 14-12-1996 |
| Maldives |
Visit Maldives.com
since 27-12-1996
 |
| Paris / France |
Electrica for Sony / Cremerie de Paris
is strugeling
as there are not enough clients in the cafe.
The only visitors are a few American tourists.
Sony activities fall apart
after Akio Morita stepping down as Sony Chairman. |
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| 1997 |
|
| Paris / France |
Visit Paris.com
since 09-01-1997
domain for sale |
| Mexico |
Visit Mexico.com
since 31-03-1997 |
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| Germany |
Visit Germany.com
since 31-03-1997
domain for sale |
| Austria |
Visit Austria.com
since 11-11-1997
domain not actif |
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