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William Morrison was the first to build an electric carriage. This was an alternative to riding horses. -
The Harlem Renaissance came about after The Great Migration in Harlem, New York City. African Americans celebrated art, music, and theatre during this era through song, dance, and shows. -
The Great Depression was the Economy downfall of the U.S. Black Thursday was the day Wall Street crashed causing panic. -
This design innovation was the first to assist with a orthopedic surgery. Many advances later an artificial robot completed eye surgery on a human being. -
My Space was created by Tom Anderson to help people connect by social platform. My Space allows you to share your profile likes, music, hobbies, and career information with future and past friends allowing for reconnections. -
Amazon began a online DVD, and bookstore that gravitated to apparel, sports equipment, and food. Amazon Prime launched its 2 day delivery service by Bezos in 2005. -
Destination services that includes houses, apartments, cars for rentals. Booking.nl merged with another Dutch company in 2000 and changed the name to booking.com. -
Fun fact the first item sold on Ebay was a laser pen for 14.83. Ebay is an online auction service where people can bid on luxury items from clothes, purses, and shoes. -
The first search engine of the internet was created by two students from Stanford University. Google translate was formed 7 years later. -
Facebook started with Mark Zuckerberg and a few colleagues on campus at Harvard University as beta testers then expanding to a global network. Facebook acquired Instagram, and WhatsApp to broaden the connection among people that use social media. -
You tube was created for video content. With 1 billion views in day it is the second largest social platform. You tube add-on features range from you tube live, you tube t. v, and you tube rentals. -
The hashtag originated from the number symbol used everyday by individual. Twitter uses this symbol as a form of symbolizing something to make it stand out. -
Instagram the new virtual magazine is a social media network where people share videos, photos and sell products. This platform has over 2.4 billion viewers in a month. -
Over 50 million people created snapchats in only one day. The original name was "Picaboo" and the founders were students from Stanford University. Snapchats were meant to share photos that disappeared after being read. -
Pinterest was created and took a different route among people with hopes of leveraging the homemakers. Unlike other social media platforms the goal was to create boards based on your likes.