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Smartphones
Aside from its calling capabilities, you could also use the Simon to send and receive emails, faxes, and pages. Along with features including notes, calendar, and address book. Even though people did not start using smartphones until 1995 The Simon was the starter to a technology that revolutionized the way we use social media nowadays. Tweedie, S. The world's first smartphone. Retrieved from https://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-first-smartphone-simon-launched-before-iphone-2015-6 -
Six degrees
The first social media site; named after the "six degrees of separation theory". it lasted from 1997 to the 2000s; it allowed people to friend users and say they degree of relationship they had with each other and see others. SixDegrees.com. (2018, December 13). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SixDegrees.com -
LiveJournal
Social networking service where users can keep a blog, journal or diary. American programmer Brad Fitzpatrick started LiveJournal on April 15, 1999, as a way of keeping his high school friends updated on his activities. This format was later used by Facebook. Morse, J., & Morse, J. (2018, May 13). Was LiveJournal ever actually any good? A nostalgia-tinged investigation. Retrieved from https://mashable.com/2018/05/13/was-livejournal-ever-good/#6GTxrfr3Zaqp -
Internet Internet everywhere
Internet became more accessible and around 100 million people got the opportunity to start engaging online more. -
Linkedin
It is mainly used for professional networking. Includes employers looking to hire professionals and people seeking for career opportunities as well as building a relationship with possible customers. Duermyer, R. (n.d.). How LinkedIn Works and Helps Your Business or Career. Retrieved from https://www.thebalancesmb.com/introduction-to-linkedin-1794572 -
Facebook
Created by Mark Zuckerberg and other Harvard students; facebook originally was launched only for Harvard students and other Ivy League Universities in the Boston area. it wasn't till 2006 that the public older than thirteen years was allowed to sign in and create a profile. Facebook. (2019, January 28). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook -
Gmail
Mail service created by Google. The was developed by Paul Buchheit years before it was launched to the public and tested between the company as an internal email system. History of Gmail. (2018, December 21). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gmail -
Myspace
Before Facebook was launched and available for everyone myspace was the most used social media. It allowed users to share blogs, ideas, pictures, and music. Today with a focus on music Myspace provides users with access to 53 million tracks and videos by 14.2 million artists. Myspace. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://mashable.com/category/myspace -
Youtube
Youtube came from the vision of giving everyone a voice and the ability to create and promote content, nowadays is used for entertainment as well as a business and a source of income for those who generate content. YouTube. (2019, January 31). Retrieved https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/ -
Twitter
Created in 2006 but with its boom of popularity on 2010; Twitter allows users to share comments, ideas, pictures and videos in form of messages called "tweets". Twitter proved to be the largest source of breaking news on the day of the 2016 election, with 40 million election-related tweets sent by 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) that day. witter. (2019, January 31). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter#cite_note-2016_US_presidential_election-24 -
Instagram
Created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Instagram is a photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, Inc. It has developed from only editing and sharing pictures and videos to direct messages. Instagram. (2019, January 27). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram -
Snapchat
Created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown, Stanford University students, and developed by Snap Inc. Its a worldwide media platform that allows people to send pictures, videos, and messages. The principal characteristic of Snapchat is that only lets you have your story for a certain amount of time and after the time has past you are not able to get to it again. Snapchat. (2019, January 26). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapchat
