History of Social Media

Invention of the Computer

1822

Charles Babbage is given credit for creating the first programmable computer between 1820-1830.

ARPA

Feb 7, 1958

Advanced Research Planning Agency was created in response to the Soviet Union creating Sputnik.

Apple II Development

1977

The first computer was further developed as the Apple II computer. Millions of these computers were sold and had updated vibrant colors.

World Wide Web

1989

Tim Berners-Lee created the WWW to allow for information to be shared among scientists

Google

1995

Google was created as a search engine and home page for the world wide web. It is now involved with e-mail, advertising and many other business related fields.

Instant Messenger

1997

AIM was introduced as an instant messaging software to communicate.

Myspace

2003

Myspace is a platform of online social media to show personal profiles, blogs, photos and music

Facebook

Feb 4, 2004

Mark Zuckerburg created "The Facebook" as a social networking service.

Youtube

2005

Users upload videos to this online network and lets other users view and rate the video.

Twitter

Mar 21, 2006

Users of Twitter post "tweets" to their followers either on the app or online and interact with the tweets.

Iphone

2007

Steve Jobs reveals the Iphone smartphone which was years ahead of other phones on the market and is still a leading brand today.

Tumblr

Feb 19, 2007

Tumblr is an online blogging and photo sharing website.

Instagram

2010

Instagram launched as a photo sharing app for interfacing users on IOS phones in 2010 and on Androids in 2012.

Snapchat

2011

Snapchat is an app that lets users send short-lived photos and messages to other users.