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AOL instant messenger
The first chat app of its kind in 1997 had a 20 year run before shutting down on December 15, 2017. https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/06/aol-instant-messenger-shut-down/ -
Google
In August 1998 Andy Bechtolsheim wrote Larry Page and Sergey Brin a $100,000 check to start Google Inc. on September 4, 1998 Google went public. https://www.google.com/intl/en/about/our-story/ -
MySpace
MySpace was the number 1 website in 2006 and was valued at $12 billion in 2007. In April 2008 Facebook took over as the number 1 social network and MySpace began to decline in popularity. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/then-and-now-a-history-of-social-networking-sites/7/ -
Facebook
Launched in 2004 by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg Facebook was only for Harvard students until Facebook went public in September 2006. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/then-and-now-a-history-of-social-networking-sites/7/ -
YouTube
On April 23, 2005 YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded the first video to YouTube. http://time.com/3833222/first-youtube-video/ -
Twitter
Twitter co-creator Jack Dorsey (@Jack) tweeted the first tweet ever, "just setting up my twttr" https://mashable.com/2011/05/05/history-of-twitter/#_TPIOBIwuaqL -
Tumblr
Tumblr is a blogging site that launched in February 2007. As of 1/29/18 Tumblr has 393.2 million blogs and 157.4 billion posts. https://www.tumblr.com/about -
Spotify
Spotify is a music sharing app that gives users legal access to millions of songs unlike other music apps like Limewire that pirated the music. In October 2008 Spotify launched in Europe but it wasn't until 2011 that it finally launched in the United States. https://techcrunch.com/gallery/a-brief-history-of-spotify/ -
Instagram
Instagram a picture based social media platform created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, released exclusively on iPhones. https://wersm.com/the-complete-history-of-instagram/ -
Snapchat
Initially launched on the iPhone app store as Picaboo in the spring of 2011 could only send photos. In September 2011 they relaunched on the app store and rebranded as snapchat. https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/history-of-snapchat -
Instagram
Instagram released on the Android app store https://wersm.com/the-complete-history-of-instagram/ -
Instagram
In October Instagram launched on the Android app store. https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/history-of-snapchat -
Vine
Vine was an app that users could record and share six second videos on. Founded by Dom Hoffmann, Rus Yusupov and Colin Kroll and was sold to Twitter for $30 billion in 2012 but didn't launch until 2013. There are now over one million Vine's online and over 200 million users. http://www.businesschief.com/technology/5614/The-rise-and-fall-of-Vine:-A-brief-timeline -
Apple Music
Apple's answer to spotify and other streaming services, Apple Music launched worldwide on June 30, 2015 and is available for purchase on any Apple device and even Android phones. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2015/06/08Introducing-Apple-Music-All-The-Ways-You-Love-Music-All-in-One-Place-/ -
Vine
Vine became outdated and was shutdown when snapchat added the ability to record videos with no time limit. http://www.businesschief.com/technology/5614/The-rise-and-fall-of-Vine:-A-brief-timeline
