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Advanced Research Projects Agency
The United States launched this project to help "jump-start new efforts in science and technology." -
Paul Baran "Creator of the Internet"
American engineer who developed computer networks. -
Leonard Kleinrock
Pioneered the mathematical theory of packet networks. -
Bulletin Board System
A place for people to communicate and play games. "The antisocial became social" -
Compu Serve
Compu Serve allowed the users to share files and access news and events. This was also the first time users would be able to enter live chatrooms. -
AOL
The big bang of the internet. It allowed users to view other people profiles and communicate with them -
Creation of the Internet
By the 1990's everything started to take off. Meanwhile, Yahoo just launched and Amazon just began selling books during this time. At this point, the internet was about to change our lives before we even knew. -
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First Amendment
The first amendment freedom of speech plays a huge role online. Since the birth of social media people can now comment on issues they don't agree with. Technically still with the power of the first amendment, you must watch what you say via online. The government watches everything that happens online so make sure you take the proper steps before posting something you regret. -
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Privacy Issues
Social Media is a huge platform where a lot of private information is leaked. It can be anything from what Facebook did to leaking simple private information to as huge as what Edward Snowdon did, leaking information highly classified by the US government. This has been going on ever since the internet came out and will continue as time goes on. -
Mosaic
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The beginning of social networking
Classmates.com were the very first boom of social networking sites. Although you couldn't create a profile you could still connect with people over the internet. From the way, I look at it it's just a baby version of Facebook where people are looking to spark romance or reconnect with new friends. -
Google
Number one most Dominant search engine used in the United States -
Jonathan Abrams
The CEO of Friendster, he created a "dating site that isn't about dating." Although the site was the first start of social media it had a lot of complications and now serves as a gaming site. -
Linkedin
A socially networking site that was designed specifically for the business communities. -
MySpace
MySpace was the number one social networking sites before Facebook came out. A networking site you can put all your information out there along with the music was unheard of. Now MySpace is just another dying website. -
Youtube
Youtube is the number one video sharing site across the world. Youtube has come so far there are people who have made a career off of it. -
Twitter
Twitter is also a huge social networking site. The app is for users to tweet their daily life experiences. Now with how much Twitter has grown the president of the United States uses it for the American people to update on current events. Social Media sites have proven they can be more than only for entertainment purposes. -
The birth of Facebook
Founder Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook now the number one leading social media networking site, with over 1.3 billion active users. Facebook gave the opportunity for people to express themselves on the internet for everyone to see. -
Instagram
Founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger created Instagram as a social networking site.Instagram's main purpose is to serve as a photosharing app. Now with all the features built into it, you can now chat and post live photos and videos for the world to watch. -
Pinterest
Pinterest allows users to create discovery boards and pin ideas they like or find appealing. Pinterest is a very great app if you like to DIY. -
Snapchat
Created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown former Stanford University students. They created this app with the intent for picture messaging and video messaging between people. Now that the Snapchat has grown on a large scale they keep coming up with more stuff the app lets you to do. -
Twitch.tv
You can't leave out the gaming communities social networking site. Although there are plenty of sites you can visit and watch a live stream of video games Twitch dominates in this category.
