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First Text Message
Neil Papworth, who was an engineer, typed "merry christams" on a computer and therefore sent the first text message. He sent his message to the cellphone of Richard Jarvis, the director of Vodafone, the company who had been working on the project.
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The Palace
The Palace was a chat room server. These chat rooms were called palaces, hence the name of the website. Each person would have their own avatar overlaid on a graphical backdrop.
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Six Degrees
Six Degrees was created, which was the first social media site that was agreed upon as social media. It was named after the six degrees of separation theory. It allowed users to create an account and then friend other users. It even allowed people who did not register as users to confirm friendships and connect people that way.
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WiFi
Basically, WiFi is a way of getting broadband internet to a device using wireless transmitters and radio signals. It was released for consumers in 1997 and was introduced for home use in 1999. This has become pretty much a necessity for everyday life.
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MySpace
MySpace was created.It was the original social media profile site. Many musicians used this website to promote their music and to try and get themselves noticed and record deals.
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Facebook
Facebook got its start as a site that was created specifically for Harvard students by Mark Zuckerberg. It then spread to other Ivy League colleges. In 2005, it was opened to high school students. Then in 2006, it was opened to the public for whoever had an email address. It has come a far way by adding and creating many features it did not originally have. Today, it has over 1.7 billion monthly users.
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YouTube
YouTube is a video sharing site that created an entirely new way to communicate and share content. It also created a new way to create and share media over long distances. It changed the way that people shared videos. It is one of the most popular sites today.
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Twitter
Twitter was released with a simple message from one of the creators: just setting up my twttr. Twitter originally allowed only 140 characters because the creators wanted to leave room for a username and the standard SMS limit was 160.Users can use it to get the latest news,follow their favorite celebrities, and catch up with friends by following them and reading their tweets.
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Tumblr
It is seen as the first mainstream tumblelog, which means it is a platform explicitly designed for shortform content This allows its users to post pictures, videos, texts, quotes, and other short content. It also allows users to follow others, whose content shows up on the dashboard of the person who is following them. It has grown since its beginning, with over 138 billion posts as of 2016.
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Instagram
Instagram allowed its users to upload, edit, share, and add filters to pictures. The Instagram team late added videos, hashtags, direct messaging, a web feed, inline advertising, comment filtering, zooming, and other unique features.
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Pinterest
This site relies on shared interests among the users. They can post on their board and follow other users' boards. It is also a site that relies on its users to create the content found within the site. It did not start out as large as the creators had hoped, but over time it gained the popularity they were hoping for.
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Snapchat
This was originally created by three Stanford University students.It began with the concept that the pictures sent would only last a short period of time before they were no longer there and inaccessible. Then came along the story where users could share photos and videos for 24 hours before they disappear.It now has over 166 million users. It also now contains "Discovery" where users can view different types of media from magazines to news to things on TV.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapchat
