History of Social Media - Drew Ilg

The Palace

1994

The Palace is a program for online graphical chatroom servers where people can interact with one another. It was developed in 1994 by Jim Bumgardner and produced by Time Warner Interactive. Wikipedia (April 23, 2019). The Palace (computer program). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Palace_(computer_program)

Six Degrees

1997

Considered to be the first true social media site with profiles and friend's lists. It was founded in 1996 by Andrew Weinreich and released to the public in 1997. CBS News (2019). Then and now: a history of social networking sites. Retrieved from https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/then-and-now-a-history-of-social-networking-sites/

LunarStorm

2000

LunarStorm is a social networking site developed in Sweden for adolescents by Rickard Eriksson in 1996 and released in 2000. It was one of the first platforms to have advertisement banners. Edosomwan, S., Prakasan, S.K., Kouame, D., Watson, J., Seymour, T. (2011). The History of Social Media and its Impact on Business. The Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 16, No.3.

MySpace

2003

Also released in 2003 by Brad Greenspan, Chris DeWolfe, Josh Berman, Tom Anderson along with a team, was MySpace. It became the most popular social media site three years later. CBS News (2019). Then and now: a history of social networking sites. Retrieved from https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/then-and-now-a-history-of-social-networking-sites/

Linkedin

2003

Linkedin was released in 2003 by Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly and Jean-Luc Vaillant. The platform developed into a very popular business networking site. CBS News (2019). Then and now: a history of social networking sites. Retrieved from https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/then-and-now-a-history-of-social-networking-sites/

Facebook

2004

Mark Zuckerberg launched the now famous social media site Facebook in 2004 and dethrowned MySpace in 2008 as the most popular social media platform. CBS News (2019). Then and now: a history of social networking sites. Retrieved from https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/then-and-now-a-history-of-social-networking-sites/

YouTube

2005

Former PayPal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim released YouTube as a video sharing site in 2005. Fitzpatrick, L. (May 31, 2010). Brief History of Youtube. Retrieved from http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1990787,00.html

Twitter

2006

Developers of Odeo, a podcasting platform, release Twitter in 2006. Carlson, N. (April 13, 2011). The Real History of Twitter. Retrieved from https://www.businessinsider.com/how-twitter-was-founded-2011-4

iPhone

2007

The first iPhone is released in 2007. Announced by Steve Jobs at the Macworld convention. History Cooperative (n.d.). iPhone History: A Timeline From 2007-2019. Retrieved from https://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-the-iphone/

Instagram

2010

Kevin Systrom releases Instagram, a photo with text sharing site, in 2010. Brown, A. (September 25, 2018). Kevin Systrom In His Own Words: How Instagram Was Founded And Became The World's Favorite Social Media App. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2018/09/25/kevin-systrom-in-his-own-words-how--instagram-was-founded-and-became-the-worlds-favorite-social-media-app/#7bd73d6b42bf

FaceTime

2010

Headed by Apple engineer Roberto Garcia, a Wifi version of FaceTime is released by Apple. Tibken, S. (April 22, 2014). FaceTime creator details its history, including code name. Retrieved from https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-engineer-details-facetimes-history-including-original-codename/

Pinterest

2010

Ben Silbermann launches a beta version of Pinterest which would soon become a popular hobby sharing site. Carlson, N. (April 24, 2012). Pinterest CEO: Here's How We Became The Web's Next Big Thing [DECK]. Retrieved from https://www.businessinsider.com/pinterest-founding-story-2012-4