History of the Internet

HISTORY OF THE INTERNET

Internet continues to grow today with great amounts of entertainment and social networking.FACTS OF THE HISTORYSince the mid-1990s, the Internet has had a revolutionary impact on culture including electronic mail, instant messaging, Voice over Internet "phone calls", active two way video calls, and the world wide web with discussion forums, blogs, social networking and online shopping sites.The world wide web was released to the public in 1991.Internet was never created by a single person.

HISTORY OF SOCIAL MEDIAIn brief.

THE BEGINNINGFOUNDED: August 2003.eUniverse Chris DeWolfe, Brad Greenspan, Tom Anderson and Josh Berman.LAUNCHED: 2004.2011 35m users.Net Worth 35m.

MYSPACE

Founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004.Became Facebook in Aug. 2005. Spread worldwide in October 2005.

2006 uses could use email to register for an account.9.5b Current net worth.Bought Instagram in 2012FACEBOOK

Originally Odeo.Aimed to share Audio (mp3) statuses.Currently worth over 5 billion.Launched: summer 2006.By fall Twitter had thousands of users. Founded by Evan Williams, Biz Stone, Jack Dorsey, & Noah Glass. TWITTER

YouTube

Founded: Feb. 2005 by Chad Hursley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim.Me at the ZooBought by Google in Oct. 2006.

Broadens SocializationPolitical InvolvementNews/Information Spreads FastEconomic & Business Benefits

PROS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING

CONS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING

Social Networking to Socially Awkward

Major DistractionPrivacy Issues

Hate Groups

Cyber-bullying

INTERNET STATS 2012Total world population- About 7 billionTotal internet users world wide- About 2.4 billion.Asia is the country that uses the internet the mostThe web contains more than 8billion pages91% of adults use social media40% of people spend more time socializing online than face to faceThe number one online activity is porn

FUN FACTS2 million searches are being made on Google.100,000 tweets 3,600 pictures on Instgram48 hours of video47,000 downloads from app store571 websites created

1 in 8 marriages started online1 in 5 end in divorce blamed on FacebookThere are more devices connected to the internet, than there are people on earth.Apple and Android represent more than 75% of smartphone market91% of mobile internet is for social networkingANDEVERY MINUTE:

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