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Discrete Cosine Transform technique is born
This compression technique was developed by engineer and computer scientist, Nasir Ahmed. This system helped enable the streaming of digital media that we’ve become accustomed to today, such as JPEG and MP3. -
The Bulletin Board System is developed
One of the earliest social media platforms, this system allowed for the uploading and downloading of software data. BBS also enabled the ability to direct chat. -
Bolt.com launches
This website was the first social networking and video website of its kind. Founded by Dan Pelson and Jane Mount of Concrete Media, Bolt.com offered internet radio, photo albums, browser games and much more. -
AOL Instant Messenger is released
Developed by AOL, this social media platform allowed for registered users to communicate in real time. It was vastly popular, becoming the leading instant messaging app from the late 1990s to the late 2000s. -
Yahoo! Messenger launches
Another instant messaging app, Yahoo developed the platform allowing access free of charge. Users would be able to download the services and gain entry into chat rooms, webcams and file sharing. Text messaging services were also available. -
LunarStorm
This was launched as one of the first commercial advertisement-financed social networking websites. -
Wikipedia is launched
Wikipedia is launched as an online encyclopedia. It is a live collaboration that is constantly updated. -
Friendster
These rudimentary platforms attracted millions of users and enabled email address registration and basic online networking. -
LinkedIn
This platform was created to provide a networking site for professionals. It is still popular today and is helpful for finding jobs -
Myspace
This free, advertising-supported social platform still in existence. Users create Web “profile” pages that can include photographs, interests, and can link to other people’s profiles. -
Facebook
was founded on February 4, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, aswell as Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollom, Dustin Moskovitz , and Chris Hughes. It started out as a social media site exclusive to Harvard students, but it quickly spread to the rest of the Ivy League, as well as Stanford and MIT -
Reddit
Reddit was launched in 2005 by Massachusetts 20-somethings Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian -
Twitter
Twitter was established in March 2006 by Evan Williams, Biz Stone, Noah Glass and Jack Dorsey, and launched in July 2006. -
Iphone
First Iphone was launched in early 2007 by Steve Jobs -
Weibo
One of China’s most popular social media platform launches. Weibo is a microblogging site, with a format that reminds users of platforms like Facebook and Twitter (which are banned in the country). It was created by the social networking company Weibo Corporation -
Instagram
Instagram launched in 2010. Created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. Spun off from the original app idea, Burbn, Instagram grew incredibly popular in a short amount of time and was acquired by Facebook in April 2012. -
Pintrest
In another instance of the huge expansion of social media, Pinterest was formed in 2010 and was created by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp. Pinterest is user-curated and allows users to “pin” or add posts to their profile that they find entertaining. A sort of digital bulletin board, Pinterest is another story of success. -
Snapchat
Snapchat launched in 2011 as solely a photo sharing service. In 2013, the stories feature that most of us use today was launched. Throughout the years, snapchat has continued to add additional features like friend emojis and the “Snap Map”. -
Vine Launch
Arguably one of the most successful video sharing apps of all time, Vine launched in 2013. Vine was acquired by Twitter and grew wildly successful over the next few years. However, as more and more social media platforms evolved into the video sharing realm, Vine began to lose popularity and slowly lost its main features, officially shutting down around January of 2017. -
Triller
Triller's users may utilize background music to create music videos, skits, and lip-sync videos. The app's innovative auto-editing function, which uses artificial intelligence to flawlessly stitch together unrelated video segments without the user having to do so, is its highlight feature. -
Vine Discontinued
Twitter announced that the Vine mobile app would be terminated. Twitter's decision to shut down Vine was mostly influenced by marketers quitting the site. -
Tik Tok
TikTok is used to create a range of short-form videos, ranging in length from 15 seconds to one minute, in genres such as dancing, humor, and education -
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Messenger was an instant messaging program created by Yahoo!. Yahoo! Messenger was available for free download and usage with a generic "Yahoo ID" that also gave users accessto other Yahoo! services like Yahoo! Mail. -
Musically Discontinued
Musically, a mobile video service that allowed users to film and share videos of themselves singing along to popular songs shutdown. The app's users were merged into TikTok.