Internet, Web, & Social Media Timeline

By camillemariehoward

  • 2014 Ellen DeGeneres’ selfie that took the social media world by storm

    https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432?s=20

  • September 2015

    Snapchat introduces it’s “filters” feature, allowing users to add animal ears and rainbow puke to their snaps. The internet LOVES it.

  • 2015

    Instagram, the photo-sharing site, reaches 400 million users, outpacing Twitter, which would go on to reach 316 million users by the middle of the same year.

  • 2015

    One of those social movements, #BlackLivesMatter, has become one of the largest in the social media history.

  • 2016

    Google unveils Google Assistant, a voice-activated personal assistant program, marking the entry of the Internet giant into the "smart" computerized assistant marketplace. Google joins Amazon's Alexa, Siri from Apple, and Cortana from Microsoft.

  • 2016

    The term "selfie" had 282 millions posts

  • 2017

    TikTok launches, a short video sharing and social media service, launches.

  • 2018

    Virtual Reality and Fake News are created.

  • 2018

    The EU's General Data Protection Regulation takes effect.