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the technique was created by Nasir Ahmed, and since its creation, it is the most widely used data compression algorithm on social media. Examples such as Digital imaging, JPEG, video coding formats, MPEG, Dolby Digital, and MP3. -
Later evolved into the internet following the publication of the first transmission control protocol specification -
emerged in 1980 as one of the earliest known forms of social media -
Starts to form as bulletin board systems start to exchange email in North America and later internationally. Fidonet is used to exchange private and public messages. -
text-based chat system for instant messaging. designed for group communications in discussion forums called channels. but also allows one on one in private messaging. -
website created by Randy Conrads with features to help current and former classmates find and contact each other -
founded by Rickard Eriksson and is described as the world's first social media on the internet. The lunar storm was a Swedish commercial advertisement-financed social networking website for teenagers. also available in the UK. -
was a website for videos and social networking but eventually was shut down due to copyrighting violations leading to bankruptcy -
AOL is a web portal and online service provider to millions of Americans as well as e-mail, instant messaging, and web browser. provided as a dial-up service. -
Launches the first social blogging network, inventing the reader comment and friends-only content. It's a site where you can write a little diary about yourself and share it with the community. -
yahoo messenger was provided free of charge and could be downloaded and used with a generic Yahoo ID which allowed access to yahoo services such as "Yahoo mail" -
later rebranded as windows live messenger is a cross-platform instant messaging client developed by Microsoft. connected Microsoft messenger with yahoo messenger and Facebook messenger. -
Habbo is an online community for teens and young adults from more than 150 countries. owned and operated by Sulake, A Finnish company making it an ideally game-based social networking site. -
a social network game based in Mountainview California, founded by Jonathan Abrams. later the company became a social gaming site based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. -
LinkedIn is an American business and employment online service that operates via websites and mobile apps. this platform is primarily used for professional networking and career development and allows the job seeker to post their resumes and employers to post jobs. -
is a social networking service here in the United States first used as a social network to reach a global audience with a significant influence on technology pop culture and music. -
Skype is a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for VoIP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing, and voice calls. It also has instant messaging, file transfer, debt-based calls to landline and mobile telephones, and other features. -
the most popular social networking service to date launched. It now features a voice and video calling service, as well as a widely used instant messaging service -
Flickr is an American image hosting and video hosting service, as well as an online community, founded in Canada and headquartered in the United States. It was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and was a popular way for amateur and professional photographers to host high-resolution photos. -
Orkut was a social networking service owned and operated by Google. The service was designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships. Orkut was one of the most visited websites in India and Brazil in 2008. -
Bebo is a site that allows users to create social networking profiles for free. You can register a free account with Bebo and upload photos, videos and information. -
Reddit is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website. Registered users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, images, and videos, which are then voted up or down by other members. -
Twitter is an American communications company based in San Francisco, California. The company operates the microblogging and social networking service Twitter. It previously operated the Vine short video app and Periscope live streaming service. -
Tumblr is an American microblogging and social networking website founded by David Karp in 2007 and currently owned by Automatic. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs. Bloggers can also make their blogs private. -
FriendFeed was a real-time feed aggregator that consolidates updates from social media and social networking websites, social bookmarking websites, blogs, and microblogging updates, as well as any type of RSS/Atom feed. created by Bret Taylor, Jim Norris, Paul Buchheit, and Sanjeev Singh. -
Pinterest is an image sharing and social media service designed to enable the saving and discovery of information on the internet using images, and on a smaller scale, animated GIFs and videos, in the form of pinboards. -
Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc. One of the principal features of Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually only available for a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients. -
Keek was a free online social networking service that allowed its users to upload video status updates, which were called "keeks". Users could post keeks to the Keek website using a webcam or via the Keek mobile apps for iPhone, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, or Android. -
Twitch is an American video live streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions, in addition to offering music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life" streams. It is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon.com -
Tinder is an online dating and geosocial networking application. In Tinder, users "swipe right" to like or "swipe left" to dislike other users' profiles, which include their photos, a short bio, and a list of their interests.