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UseNets is a website for news updates. it was very unique because it was community-operated with no central administrator. Which means that anyone could post anything for the whole community to see.
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The Computer Servay was a buisness-orientated that provided a forum for news, communication, and email. it was very expensive.
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Revolutionized the Internet on home computers across the world. AOL made the Internet more accessible and greatly increased its ease of use. Socially, it offered the ability to create member profiles and search for friends.
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Sixdegrees.com was popular until the push to invite more people became overwhelming and members decided to discontinue using the site.
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Classmates.com was founded in 1995 and allowed users to locate former classmates, but not create their own profiles
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Apple started selling Ipods.
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AOL had 34 million members
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In 2002, Friendster launched and paved the way for social media as we know it. Within one year, the site had millions of users and investors lining up at the door.
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Facebook was launched in 2004 and, as far as influential websites go, it takes the cake. Although nothing specifically new was offered, Facebook had greater ease of use, it was highly targeted to the young-adult age group. It had an exclusive feel because of its original college-students-only intentions.
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Twitter was created in 2006 and brought about a user fascination with following and tweeting to high-profile celebrities. It is also innovative because of its tracking power and the ability to monitor conversation.
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Facebook's rapid growth moved it above 400 million users
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Apple released the iPad tablet computer with advanced multimedia and Internet capabilities.
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Google+ was created in 2011 as a supplement to the entire Google package. It added live video chats to its repertoire, which Facebook quickly incorporated into its program.
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Facebook reached a billion users in 2012.
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YouTube topped one billion monthly users with 4 billion views per day, and launched paid channels to provide content creators with a means of earning revenue.
