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The First instant message
MIT's computation center created the first platform that allowed users to send messages back and forth with each other so long as the users were logged on. They called it the Compatible Time-Sharing System. -
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
people could download this application onto their desktop Windows PC and be able to message their friends and other people even if the person receiving the message was not logged on. -
Napster
This music downloading site can be considered the first stepping stone to what we now take for granted. Napster paved the way for Itunes, Amazon Music, Spotify and others. -
The Founding of MySpace
myspace was an insanely popular social media platform in the early 2000s. A lot of people consider this the precursor to modern social media. We all had Tom as a friend on there even if we didn't want to. -
Facebook
This site, that is still among the most popular social media sites in existence was started by a college student at Harvard and started out only for Harvard students, but slowly started allowing people from other colleges to join, until it finally allowed everyone above a certain age to join. -
Spotify
This Music service allows you to download and stream unlimited music for a monthly cost. Users can post and share their playlists to the public allowing others to enjoy the songs they have paired together -
Twitter
Twitter is a social media service that started out only allowing users to make posts that consisted of 140 characters or less but has recently doubled the character amount that is allowed. This platform is a huge influence among current younger generations -
Facebook Chat
this was the earliest version of what we all know as Facebook messenger and has gone through many revamps over the years -
Instagram
This social media platform allows users to share pictures as their posts and caption them. Over the years this platform has gained a lot of traction and is a highly used medium. It was bought by Facebook for 1 million dollars. -
Pinterest
this site allows users to make a blog type page where they can share and create all sorts of things using images and text. It is a great site for getting ideas on DIY projects as well as keeping up with a person's interests -
Snapchat
snapchat allows users to send photos to their friends and the images automatically disappear after a few seconds. over the years this app has evolved into a medium in which news is shared among other things as well. -
IFunny
This app was one of the original meme culture apps. users could create memes out of images that could be found on the app and then post and share them with friends.
