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First Email
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Bulletin Board System
A collection of online meeting places that enabled users to communicate with a central system from which they could download files and post messages to other users -
World Wide Web went public
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Microsoft Hotmail
AOL messenger created -
SixDegrees
A site based on the theory that no person is separated by more than six degrees from another, emerged as the first social media site and provided its users the option to create profiles, invite friends and surf the profiles of their friends. -
Google formally incorporated
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Apple iPod created
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Wikipedia created
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Launch of Friendster
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Major social networking sites born
LinkedIn, Wordpress, Myspace and Skype were created. -
Facebook as a Harvard-only exercise
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YouTube launched
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Facebook opens up to the public
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Twitter launched
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Justin.TV created
First live casting tool -
Google hit 400 million searches a day
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Tumblr and YouStream launched
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iPhone 3G launched
Announced the use of mobile web and the App Store opens via iTunes -
Foursquare launched
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350 millions users active on Facebook
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Bing, Pinterest and Google Buzz created
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Instagram created
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Google+ and social media tablets created
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Facebook and Twitter User Updates
Facebook reached 550 million users and Twitter reached 56 million users. -
Facebook Messenger launched
Separate messenger app for Facebook created -
The rise of mobile
Facebook reached 1billion users, Twitter reached 500 million users, Google+ reached 400 million, Internet population 2.4 billion users, mobile subscription 6 billion users -
Vine and Snapchat launched
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Periscope created
Live streaming capabilities now available via Twitter -
Facebook LIVE open to everyone
