The Evolution of Media from 1995 to 2013 By JesseWright Jan 1, 1993 The first video-capable CD is made Exact date unknown. Jan 1, 1996 Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba and Phillips release the first DVD players and discs Exact date unknown. Sep 1, 1996 Nintendo releases the Nintendo64 Exact day unknown. Jan 1, 1997 SixDegrees launches the first major social networking site, later claiming 1 million users at its peak Exact date unknown. Sep 4, 1998 Larry Page and Sergey Brin found Google Aug 1, 1999 Blogger is founded, allowing virtually anyone to have an Internet following Exact day unknown. May 1, 2000 LinkedIn's site launches, offering public business profiles to its users Exact day unknown. Jul 1, 2000 MySpace laucnhes its social networking site Exact day unknown. Mar 1, 2002 Friendster launches its social networking site Exact day unknown. Feb 1, 2005 Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim and Steve Chen found YouTube Exact day unknown. Nov 13, 2006 Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion Jun 28, 2011 Google luanches its social networking site, Google+
