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Talkomatic Launched
Talkomatic was created at the University of Illinois, known as a multi-user chat room application. -
BBS (Bulletin Board System) Launched
Bulletin Board System (BBS) emerges as one of the earliest known forms of social media, and remains popular and under development until the late 1990s. -
Aol Instant Messenger
This platform was used to connect and be able to message anyone "instantly" from your home PC. -
Yahoo Messenger Launched
Yahoo Messenger was another instant messaging service that let you reach people in different chatrooms. -
Myspace Launched
MySpace was founded by several employees from the Internet marketing firm eUniverse in August 2003. Myspace was known for bands' pages and customizable profiles. -
Skype Launched
Skype application permitted voice calls from one desktop to another. This included video calls that let the users see one another in real time. -
Facebook Launched
Facebook was the first social media platform founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommate and fellow Harvard University student Eduardo Saverin. -
Youtube Launched
Youtube is a free to use service and is used to watch music videos, comedy shows, how to guides, recipes, hacks and more. -
Twitter Launched
Jack Dorsey introduced the idea of creating an SMS(short message service, texting for example) that would allow a user to communicate with a small group of people. This gave birth to the social media platform known as twitter. -
Pinterest Launched
Pinterest is a social network that allows users to visually share, and discover new interests by posting images or videos to their own or others' boards. -
Instagram Launched
Instagram is a social media platform which was named referring to the fact that users were sending a type of instant telegram. -
Snapchat Launched
Snapchat is an image and video messaging application.
