The History of Social Media

Hotmail

Jul 4, 1996

Hotmail is an e-mail service created by Microsoft.

Meetup

Jul 12, 2002

Meetup is an online social networking portal that facilitates offline group meetings in various localities around the world.

Xbox live

Nov 15, 2002

Xbox Live is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft.Players with xbox live can also communicate with each other.

LinkedIn

May 5, 2003

LinkedIn, a business-oriented social networking site is founded and launched next year.

Facebook

Feb 4, 2004

Facebook is an online social networking service.

G-mail

Apr 1, 2004

Gmail is a free advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail as well.

Youtube

Feb 14, 2005

Youtube is a video sharing website.

twiter

Mar 21, 2006

This is when twitter was created and twiter has been gaining upgrades and users ever since.

PlayStation Network

Nov 11, 2006

PlayStation Network, officially abbreviated PSN, is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service provided by Sony Computer Entertainment for use with the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation Vita video game consoles.

Instagram

Oct 6, 2010

Instagram is an online photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, apply digital filters to them.

Google+

Jun 28, 2011

Google+, a social networking system by Google, integrating several of the company's existing services, such as Google Buzz and Picasa Web Albums and more.

Outlook.com

Jul 31, 2012

Outlook.com is a free web-based email service run by Microsoft and is the email that replaced hotmail.

Bibliography

May 5, 2014

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