Social Networks in the World Cecilia Casadonte CS 110 Spring 2016

Index The History of Social Media Social Media Today The Most Used Social Media Whatsapp Facebook Facebook Messenger Twitter The Future of Social Media Choose one:

The History of Social Media Social media, in its present form, has been around a relatively short term and even though you probably can’t imagine living without it now, except for the last few decades, everyone did. For further information, click on the globe…

The History of Social Media 1997: The Birth of Social Media The first social media site that everyone can agree actually was social media was a website called Six Degrees. From Six Degrees, the Internet moved into the era of blogging and instant messaging. 2000: The Internet is Everywhere By the year 2000, around 100 million people had access to the internet, and it became quite common for people to be engaged socially online. For further information, click on the globe…

The History of Social Media 2003: The First Social Media Surge In the early 2000’s the website MySpace was the popular place to set up a profile and make friends. MySpace was the original social media profile website, leading into and inspiring websites like Facebook. 2005: Facebook and Twitter In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched what would soon become the social media giant that would set the bar for all other social media services. In 2006, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Noah Glass and Evan Williams created Twitter, a service that allowed users to send “tweets” of 140 characters or less. For further information, click on the globe…

Social Media Today For further information, click on the globe or on the graph…

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The Most Used Social Media WhatsappFacebook Messenger Twitter For further information, click on the globe or on the logos…

Whatsapp WhatsApp Messenger is an American proprietary cross-platform instant messaging client for smartphones. History WhatsApp Inc., was founded in 2009 by Brian Acton and Jan Koum, both former employees of Yahoo!. WhatsApp was switched from a free to paid service to avoid growing too fast, mainly because the primary cost was sending verification texts to users. In a December 2013 blog post, WhatsApp claimed that 400 million active users use the service each month. In February 2016 it had grown to one billion active users. Acquisition by Facebook on February 29, 2014 To visit the website, click on the logo…

WhatsApp Web WhatsApp was officially made available for PCs through a web client, under the name WhatsApp Web, in late January "Our web client is simply an extension of your phone: the web browser mirrors conversations and messages from your mobile device—this means all of your messages still live on your phone” (Koum). Whatsapp To visit the website, click on the logo…

Facebook Facebook is a corporation and online social networking service headquartered in Menlo Park, California, in the United States. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. History Zuckerberg wrote a program called Facemash on October 28, The site was comparable to Hot or Not and used "photos compiled from the online facebooks of nine houses, placing two next to each other at a time and asking users to choose the 'hotter' person". The following semester, Zuckerberg began writing code for a new website in January To visit the website, click on the logo…

In 2005, the company dropped "the" from its name after purchasing the domain name facebook.com for US$200,000 from AboutFace Corporation. A January 2009 Compete.com study ranked Facebook the most used social networking service by worldwide monthly active users. On September 26, 2006, Facebook was opened to everyone at least 13 years old with a valid address. Traffic to Facebook increased steadily after The company announced 500 million users in July 2010 making it the largest online social network in the world at the time. In February 2014, Facebook announced that it would be buying mobile messaging company Whatsapp for US$19 billion in cash and stock. On April 12, 2016, Zuckerberg revealed a decade-long plan for Facebook in a keynote address. Facebook To visit the website, click on the logo…

Facebook Messenger Facebook Messenger is an instant messaging service and software application which provides text and voice communication. Facebook reported in January 2016 that Facebook Messenger has reached 800 million monthly active users. History Facebook launched the iOS and Android versions of Facebook Messenger on August 9, 2011, with an October 11 update making the app available for BlackBerry OS. In April 2014, Facebook announced that the messaging feature will be removed from the main Facebook app and users will be forced to download Messenger. On March 17, 2015, Facebook added a functionality in which users can send money to their friends. It is currently only available in the United States. To visit the website, click on the logo…

On April 27, 2015, Facebook introduced video calling in the Facebook Messenger app. At the Facebook F8 conference on March 25, 2015, Facebook announced that the Messenger platform is taking first steps to bring businesses on Messenger. Active Platforms iOs Android BlackBerry OS Windows Phone 8 Web Bots Facebook Messenger supports chatbots that can interact with Facebook users. Facebook Messenger To visit the website, click on the logo…

Twitter History Twitter's origins lie in a "daylong brainstorming session" held by board members of the podcasting company Odeo. The first Twitter prototype, developed by Dorsey and contractor Florian Weber, was used as an internal service for Odeo employees and the full version was introduced publicly on July 15, Usage In 2009, Twitter was mainly used by older adults who might not have used other social sites before Twitter, said Jeremiah Owyang, an industry analyst studying social media. To visit the website, click on the logo…

According to a study by Sysomos in June 2009, women make up a slightly larger Twitter demographic than men—fifty-three percent over forty-seven percent. According to Quancast, twenty-seven million people in the US used Twitter as of September 3, On September 7, 2011, Twitter announced that it has 100 million active users logging in at least once a month and 50 million active users every day. In 2012, the country with the most active users on Twitter was the United States. Twitter To visit the website, click on the logo…

The Future of Social Media Although it is impossible to know what the future of social media holds, it is clear that it will continue. With new and exciting technologies just around the corner, social media will be interesting to see in the coming decades. For further information, click on the globe…

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