Social media 3

Social Media Since 2013

  • Intergrating video chat

    Intergrating video chat
    In 2014 Google+ had launched, which included a video chat feature of their own. At the time, Facebook was scrambling to make a feature of their own that their users could utilize.
  • Facebook aquires Oculus VR

    Facebook aquires Oculus VR
    In 2014, Facebook acquired Oculus VR, a virtual reality company that's focus is on the video-gaming world
  • Twitter and Facebook livestream

    Twitter and Facebook livestream
    Twitter and Facebook both implemented livestream into their main platforms by the end of 2015
  • Buyable Pins

    Buyable Pins
    Pinterest added the feature of "buyable pins" in 2015 to allow its users to cut out the middle man and buy a "pin" directly.
  • Vine Shutdown

    Vine Shutdown
    The social media app of short videos (typically funny) was shut down due to lack of interest.
  • Twitter's Character Limit

    Twitter's Character Limit
    At the end of 2017, Twitter increased their tweet character limit to 280 from 140