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Sometime in late 1971, a computer engineer named Ray Tomlinson sent the first e-mail message from himself on one machine to himself on another. Thus, creating the start of the evolution of email.
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Beverly Hills Internet (BHI) started Geocities, which allowed users to create their own websites modeled after types of urban areas.
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America Online unveils it's real-time messaging service where users could talk to other people online or automated "bots" for various topics and uses.
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Google is unveiled as a major internet search engine and web index by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two collaborating business partners.
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Apple releases its first line of portable media players. Eight and a half months later iTunes is launched to work in tandem.
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Mayspace, a social media networking service is launched by creators Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe. It has a strong empasis on music, and customization.
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Founded and released by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg and his roomates. Initially intended for Harvard students, but expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, Ivy League schools, and then finally other various colleges.
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Three former PayPal employees create a video sharing and hosting site where users can upload, view and share videos online.
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Twitter, an online social networking and micro-blogging service that limits users to only 140 characters per post is launched. Creators Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass worked from March to June conceptualizing this new take on social media.
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Apple offers for the first time a multimedia smartphone that allows you to keep music, media, internet, basic phone functions, and more all in one place with a touch screen. It ran on Apple's own iOS operating system.
