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TCP and IP create a foundation for the Internet -
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is used for instant messaging online. -
Tim Berners-Lee, British scientists, released the web to the public. -
The start of social media! Sixdegrees.com -
Created as a personal diary platform by Brad Fitzpatrick. -
Around 100 million people had access to the internet at this time. -
By 2002, the number of internet users had grown by over half a billion. -
In the same year at Myspace, LinkedIn is created to promote networking in business and employment. -
Myspace became more popular and could develop new features faster than its competitor, Friendster. -
Myspace is considered the most popular form of social media. -
Mark Zuckerberg creates Facebook for Harvard as a connection site for college students. -
Youtube is created for video uploading and editing abilities by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. -
Twitter stood out amongst competitors because of its quick thoughts and simple use. -
Gives creators greater access to Youtube resources and monetization features, allowing them to earn money from their content -
Chris Messina created a hashtag, #, for places like Twitter and Facebook. This is still very popular today. -
Facebook rises to fame as it spread to other Universities, then eventually made public to everyone. -
This mobile check-in app allows the posting of photos and was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. -
Justin Timberlake purchases Myspace for $35 million. -
Snapchat, originally Picaboo, is launched for immediate private photo sharing. -
Facebook reaches 1 billion users and continues growing. -
Facebook buys Instagram for 1 billion in cash and stock. -
Thanks to a Twitter post by Ellen DeGeneres at the Oscars, 2014 made the selfie extremely popular, especially #selfie. -
Short form video platform created in China is created and owned by ByteDance. -
Music.ly merges to its sister app, TikTok, creating one platform for about $1 billion. -
Instagram and Facebook release a way for businesses to set up free storefronts on their accounts. This is the start of the boom on small businesses and online businesses. -
Tesla Ceo, Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44 Billion and renames it to "X".