Social Media Timeline

Apple Technology Company Founded

1976

Apple is a company that has created a number of technology items, and is known today for creating smartphones, smartwatches, laptops, tablets, desktop computers, and many other items. They are also known for creating and developing their own applications like imessage and facetime which connect individuals all over the world.

E-mailing Becomes a Reality

1977

At this point in time e-mailing had long since been first created, but this is the most monumental year for e-mailing because it was the year that it took off, becoming used daily by more and more people

Text Messaging First Used

1992

Text messaging is one of the most common forms of social media today, where it allows either two or large groups of people to be in conversation even when in different places at the same time. In 1992, the first text message was sent as a test.

Amazon First Founded

Jul 5, 1994

Amazon today is one of the largest online companies that sell millions of products and deliver directly to a customer's door, or allow one to stream/download music and/or movies. It was founded in 1994.

Yahoo First Founded

Mar 2, 1995

Yahoo is an online website that allows individuals to communicate via email, provides users with several news outlets, entertainment sites, finance sites, as well as many more important social media outlets.

Google First Founded

Sep 4, 1998

Google is the top search engine used today, but it also has created it's own platform in which to send and read emails, gmail; a place to create and save word documents, google drive; as well as many other platforms in which social media is incorporated.

LinkedIn First Founded

2002

LinkedIn is a website widely used by many employers and employees looking so network socially in their professional careers. It was first founded in 2009.

MySpace First Founded

Aug 1, 2003

MySpace is a website create to virtually connect individuals. While not used by many today, at one point in time it was one of the most popular forms of social media.

Skype First Founded

Aug 29, 2003

Skype is an application that allows individuals to video chat or voice call via a laptop, tablet, or smartphone. It was founded in 2003 and in 2011 it was bought out by Microsoft.

Facebook First Founded

2004

Facebook was and is the largest social media network that allows individuals to connect with others through sharing various forms of media.

Yelp First Founded

2004

Yelp is a website and application that allows customers of local businesses to review and/or recommend a businesses' product/service. It was first founded in 2004.

Vimeo First Founded

2004

Vimeo is a video uploading, viewing, and sharing website and application. It was founded in 2004.

YouTube First Founded

Feb 14, 2005

YouTube is one of if not the largest video sharing website used today. One can upload, view, and share videos, as well as many others features such as liking, disliking, and commenting on another's video. It was founded in 2005.

Twitter First Founded

Mar 21, 2006

Twitter is a social media website and application that allows users to share posts using up to 140 characters or less per posted "tweet", as well as uploaded pre-recorded videos from other sources. It was founded in 2006.

Tumblr First Founded

2007

Tumblr is a form of social media where users can create a mini-blog through sharing posts, photos, videos, links, and/or songs, as well as commenting and re-posting other's content. It was founded in2007

Kik Messenger First Founded

2009

Kik is a form of social media where users can send one another instant direct messages, free of charge. It was founded in 2009.

Pinterest First Founded

2010

Pinterest is another form of social media where users can discover and/or upload photos, or small videos. Users save pictures to "boards", and today is commonly (but not exclusively) used when planning themed weddings, parties, bedrooms, houses, etc. It was founded in 2010.

Instagram First Founded

Sep 6, 2010

Instagram is a form of social media where users can upload, edit, and share pictures and videos, as well as follow other users. It was founded in 2010.

Snapchat First Founded

2011

Snapchat is another form of social media where users instantly send pictures or videos to other users. The pictures and videos used to be timed, and when time was up they would automatically delete themselves, but the app has since changed through upgrades where pictures can be replayed, and are no longer timed if user wishes to do so. Snapchat was founded in 2011.

Snapchat First Founded

Jan 24, 2013

Vine was a form of social media first launched in 2013 where users could share six-second long looping videos, and users could view and share others videos. Unfortunately, the app was murdered in 2016, causing an uproar, and thus will return to us soon.