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First email sent with the message of “QWERTYUIOP”
BBS (bulletin board system)
Usenet Posting articles directly to newsgroups.
Compuserve
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) used to share files, links and keep in touch.
AOL launches AIM
GeoCities
SixDegrees.com – Named after 6 degrees of separation
1998 Google become a corporation
Napster – Peer to peer sharing. Marking a shift in the distribution of file (eg music and video) from companies to consumers
Blogger
LiveJournal
Epinions – General consumer review site where people live product reviews
MySpace
LinkedIn
DEL.ICIO.US
PHOTOBUCKET
LASTFM
Skype
The Facebook
Flickr
Digg
YouTube
Reddit
Twitter
Facebook
Tumblr
Friendfeed
Spotify
Hootsuite
Ping.FM
FourSquare
Groupon
Facebook purchased Instagram
Vine
Highlight
Tinder
Hater
Hinge
Texting – still one of the most popular forms of communication
Swarm by Foursquare