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BBS is a computer service that allows users to connect, exchange messages, download software, and many other things -
internet-based network of discussion groups. -
One of the first major social networking sites predating My Space and Facebook and users could create profiles, upload photos and videos and other things. -
MySpace offered more user-controlled features, such as customizable profile pages, music integration. It became a popular app for music and artists in regards to exposure. -
created by Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook allows users to connect with friends and family, share personal updates, photos, videos, and join groups and communities. This is one of the first apps to include all that! -
a social media platform and website for sharing videos. YouTube would be the first platform to make global video sharing accessible to ordinary people and changing the ways we would normally interact with videos at the time. -
Twitter was launched in 2006. It would later on be rebranded to being named "x" in 2023 after Elon Musk bought the company and changed many other things. At the time that twitter first launched, it was important because it modernized microblogging and social networking as well as creating a platform for real-time information sharing and global communication. -
Netflix introduced its streaming services in 2007 which allowed for video on demand via the internet which would shape later on the creation of others streaming services that would end up doing the same. -
WhatsApp's launch was very important because it changed global communication in a positive way by providing a fast, easy, and reliable messaging system which connected people across countries without relying on the traditional SMS fees that were popular back then. -
Instagram was launched in 2010. It was important because it revolutionized social media by creating a simple, visual-first platform that transformed how people communicate, share experiences, and build communities online which was something that various apps weren't able to include all at once to which Instagram did! -
Apple releases a Mainstream AI-powered voice assistant on smartphones to which makes the hands-free interaction with technology more accessible and it created a path for future innovations similar to this one like Alexa and other ones used in today's world. -
Black Lives Matter, a social movement that is still active in today's world, aims to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality towards black people. -
The creation of Apple Pay made paying with one's phone easier and more secure, and also made people move towards digital payments rather than physical ones. -
Tik Tok was created in 2016 but later launched internationally when Byte Dance bought the app Musical.ly and merged it together. The launching of Tik Tok was important because it reshaped the social media landscape where it showcased creative expression from users, cultural exchange and many other things that other companies later on would follow as well -
COVID-19 was a global crisis to which reshaped health, work, and culture as a whole as to how we live life now. It was a pivotal moment in the history of the world!