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Samuel Morse invented the telegraph, which allowed users to talk long distance for the first time.
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Scottish engineer William Murdoch created the letter system which allowed written documents to be sent through air tubes.
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone
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Heinrich Hertz invented the first broadcast radio
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In the 1940's, some of the first computers were invented, and created a widestream of communication.
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The first form of internet was invented, and allowed users to look at what is happening around the world.
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Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis created a Unix-to-Unix messaging system for users to interact with one another.
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First computer to have servers to talk to more than one person
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The first ever social media website was created
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Myspace and Linkedin were created in the early 2000's
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Creators Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, all of whom were students at Harvard University. Facebook became the largest social network in the world.
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Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim created a user-generated content video streaming platform.
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