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Mass Media and Its Progression Over the Years

By shellott09

  • First Email Ever Sent

    First Email Ever Sent
    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.

  • Geocities Is Created

    Geocities Is Created
    Beverly Hills Internet (BHI) started Geocities, which allowed users to create their own websites modeled after types of urban areas.

  • AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) Is Created

    AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) Is Created
    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.

  • Google Is Created And Launched

    Google Is Created And Launched
    Google is unveiled as a major internet search engine and web index by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two collaborating business partners.

  • Apple Starts Selling Ipods

    Apple Starts Selling Ipods
    Apple releases its first line of portable media players. Eight and a half months later iTunes is launched to work in tandem.

  • Myspace Is Launched

    Myspace Is Launched
    Mayspace, a social media networking service is launched by creators Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe. It has a strong empasis on music, and customization.

  • Facebook Launched

    Facebook Launched
    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.

  • Youtube Begins Streaming And Storing Videos

    Youtube Begins Streaming And Storing Videos
    Three former PayPal employees create a video sharing and hosting site where users can upload, view and share videos online.

  • Twitter Is Launched

    Twitter Is Launched
    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.

  • Apple Releases The Very First iPhone

    Apple Releases The Very First iPhone
    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.