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First encyclopedia that anyone can edit
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LinkedIn strives to be known as a business-related social networking site used by professionals from its inception
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MySpace.com is frantically coded in 10 days to try and mimic the rapid growth of Friendster. Grows to the most popular social networking site in 2006 with 100 million users. LinkedIn and Photobucket also join the game.
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A social media site that was started at Harvard expanded to other universities
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Youtube, a video sharing website, goes live
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Facebook becomes available to high schools and in other countries
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Twitter; a website for mini-blogging and social networking, begins
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Facebook adds games
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Apple releases the Iphone in the United States. IPhone users can access social media sites and apps through their phones
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Location based social media network goes live
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Tweeters are sending 50 million tweets a day
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Google wave, a web- based platform designed to merge email and social networking