The Evolution of Email and Social Media

By mgroff65

  • The Email was Born

    In 1978, at 14 years old V.A Shiva Ayadurai translated the convention paper leased inter office and interoganization communication system to an electriconic communication system, these are more like ares today.

  • Hotmail

    Hotmail was created on July 4, 1996, by Sabeer Bhatia and jack Smith. It has over 370 million users, and 350 million office documents pass through Hotmail every month. Hotmail was sold to Microsoft in 1998, for over $400 million dollors.

  • The First Social Media Site, Six Degrees

    Six Degrees was launched on May 30, 1997, and was created by Andrew Weinreich. The site allowed users to create profiles and then friends other users. It also did the sad for those who were not registered. The site was later sold in 1998, to YouthStream for 125 million dollars. Six Degrees then closed on December 30,2000.

  • Facebook

    Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004, and was created by Mark Zuckerberg. On Facebook, 8.7 percent of users are fake, and 88 percent of users stalks their ex's after a break up.

  • Gmail

    Gmail is by Google and created by Paul Buchheit on April 1, 2004. Gmail is used by billions of people around the world, and our email accounts are Gmail. Just imagine! This is what the first email prospered into!

  • Youtube

    YouTube was launched on February 14, 2005, and was created by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. Google bought You Tube for 1.65 billion dollars, just 18 months after You Tube was launched. The most disliked videos on You Tube is Justin Bieber's "Baby" with over 7,500,000 dislikes.

  • twitter

    The first tweet was sent on March 21, 2006. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Even Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass. Twitter was almost called Friendstalker, but then changed it to Twitter. The Twitter bird logo is named after basketball legend Larry Bird, a former Boston Celtics forward.

  • Instagram

    Instagram was launched on October 6, 2010. It was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. Instagram has over 600 million users and over 280 million selfies. Facebook bought Instagram for 1 billion dollars on April 9, 2012.

  • Snapchat

    Snapchat was launched in September 2011, and was created by Evan Spiegal, Bobby Murphey, and Reggie Brown. Its original name was Picaboo. Snapchat added the "birthday party" feature on FEBRUARY 23, 2016. The feature allows users to put in their birthday and then choose if they want a birthday cake emoji next to their name on their birthday for all their friends to see.

  • Email and Social Media Today

    Today we use social media sites like crazy, and we use Email almost every day too! These things have effected our lives greatly and are fun, but sometimes it's good to take a break from it all!