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Bulletin Board System
An online meeting place were users could use code to communicate with the system to download games and files.
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Creation of the Modern Internet
The World Wide Web was founded was invented by English scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1989.
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Match.com
The online dating service was founded in 1995 by Gary Kremen
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AOL instant messagner
AOL instant messenger is launched connecting millions of people through the web. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger -
Six Degrees
Six Degrees was social network service website was founded by Andrew Weinreich. It was named after the six degrees of separation concept and allowed users to list friends, family members and acquaintances both on the site and externally; external contacts were invited to join the site. It stopped being used in 2001.
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Wikipedia Launched
Wikipedia was launched by by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Wikipedia's total worldwide monthly readership is approximately 495 million. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia) -
LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking service. It was founded on December 14, 2002 by, Reid Hoffman.
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MySpace
Myspace was founded by eUniverse employees and other employees were the first Myspace users. The company held contests to see who could sign up the most users. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace) -
Gmail Launched
Google launches G-Mail the most used e-mail service.
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Facebook Launch
Launched Februrary 4, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and fellow Harvard classmates. Facebook was originally opened to only Harvard students then gradually opened to other Ivy League schools. In 2006 is when anyone 13 years or older could register on Facebook.
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Twitter
Created by former Google employee, Evan Williams. He and another Google employee were in the process of creating Odeo, a podcast platform, when they created the idea of Twitter.
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"Charlie Bit My Finger" Takes the World by Storm
Youtube video of a boy and his brother. You'll never guess what happens by the title...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM
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First iPhone Released
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Michael Jackson's Death crashes Twitter
100,000 Tweets per hour overloads the server.
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Pinterest was developed
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Instagram
Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app.
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Snapchat
Snapchat was created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown when they were students at Stanford University. The original name was "Picaboo" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapchat) -
Google Plus
Google Plus launched to no ones excitement replacing Google Buzz.
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Cinnamon Challenge
This hazardous challenge includes swallowing a spoonful of cinnamon, hilariously causing the consumer to choke.
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American Apparel Fourth of July
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Ice Bucket Challenge Goes Viral
The Ice Bucket Challenge was an event that went viral in order to raise money and awareness for ALS. Those who participated would then challenge someone else, via social media.
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DiGiorno Pizza Fails
It's not delivery it's insensitive. This pizza company took a trending tag the wrong way and accidentally tweeted #whyistayed, because you had pizza. In actuality this tag was in reference to domestic violence awareness.
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The Future of Social Media
Today we have classes that are offered to us to learn about Social Media and how it is used in professional environments. College Campus' now have Social Media labs for students instead of computer labs.
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Chewbacca Mask Lady
Candace Payne becomes in a Chewbacca mask becomes the first non music video to reach 50 million views in 24 hours, becoming the most watched video on Facebook.
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Miss Teen USA learns a lesson!
Newly crowned Miss Teen USA Karlie Hay risked loosing her crown due to racial tweets she posted years back. (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-miss-teen-usa-crown-racial-slur-20160801-snap-htmlstory.html)
