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The Email was Born
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson used the @ symbol to denote sending messages from one computer to another. In 1978, at 14 years old, V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai translated the conventional paper-based interoffice and interorganizational communication system to an electronic communication system. Ayyadurai was officially recognized Inventor of the Email on August 30,1982. -
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 dollars. -
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 friend 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 stalk their ex after a break up. -
Gmail
Gmail is by Google and was 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 YouTube for 1.65 billion dollars, just 18 months after YouTube was launched. The most disliked video on YouTube 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, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass. Twitter was almost called Friendstalker, but then changed 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 Septemeber 2011, and was created by Evan Spiegel, 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 of 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!
