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Where it all Began
The Soviet Union launched the world’s first manmade satellite into orbit. The satellite, known as Sputnik, did not do much: It tumbled aimlessly around in outer space, sending blips and bleeps from its radio transmitters as it circled the Earth. http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-internet -
Arpanet
J.C.R. Licklider proposed a network of computers that could communicate to one another.The purpose was for government leaders to be able to communicate during the Soviet War. In 1969 ARPAnet delivered its first message from one computer to another. -
Internet Relay Chats
IRC's were first used in 1988 when home computers became more popular. They continued to be used all the way into the early 1990's. http://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/the-complete-history-of-social-media-infographic.html -
The World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee a Switzerland computer programer introduced the world wide we in 1991. It was more than just the internet it was a web of information that anyone with access to the internet could retrieve. http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-internet -
Blogging
In 1999 the first blogging site was created and has been a popular form of social media to this day. http://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/the-complete-history-of-social-media-infographic.html -
Six Degrees
In 1997 the first social media site was created. Users could create profiles and friend other users. http://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/the-complete-history-of-social-media-infographic.html -
The First Major Search Engine was Launched
In 1998 google was launched from a garage in Menlo Park, California but was later moved in 1999 to an office in Palo Alto, California.
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Linkedin
In 2003 Linkedin was launched to make professional networking faster and more powerful. At first it was slow to gain members but by fall it showed a promising future. By 2004 it had 500,000 members. https://ourstory.linkedin.com -
Photobucket
Photobucket was launched in 2003. It is a site for uploading, sharing, downloading, linking, and finding photos, videos and graphics. http://photobucket.com/about -
Wordpress
Wordpress started because of the development of an existing blogging software. It is an open source website to allow users to have software freedom. While Wordpress is free you have the option to pay for more advanced versions. http://www.wpbeginner.com/news/the-history-of-wordpress/ -
Skype
Skypes was creates by two Swede's originally as a music sharing program. Later in 2005 eBay bought Skype and added video chat, voice calling, and text. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype -
Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg a Harvard University student created Facebook with his roommate. Originally it was for Harvard student only but was quickly expanded to allow other college students in the Boston area to become members. In 2006 Facebook became public for everyone over the age of 13 with a valid email address.
