1. SOCIAL Media Apps
By Sydney B

2. Facebook Founded on February 4, 2004 Founded by Mark Zuckerberg
Mark went to Harvard and initially only allowed Harvard students to use it
The name comes from directories given to American University students
In 2012 Facebook got their 1 billionth user

3. Instagram Instagram was developed by Facebook
Its initial release was October 6, 2010
Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger
There was over 100 million users by April 2012
In 2013 Instagram grew by 23% and Facebook only grew by 3%
The name Instagram comes from “Instant Camera” and “Telegram”

4. Twitter Twitter was founded on March 21, 2006
It was founded by Jack Dorsey
There was 340 million tweets a day in 2012
In 2013 Twitter was one of the 10 most visited websites
In May 2015 Twitter had more than 500 million users
The name “Twitter” sounds like “chirps from birds” and that’s pretty much what the product was

5. Snapchat Snapchat was developed by Bobby Murphy and Evan Spiegel
It was released in September 2011
Both founders went to Stanford University
In November 2015 snapchatters are sending 6 billion snaps per day
The company is worth $10-$20 billion
Snapchats original name was Picaboo
The app mascot is called Ghostface Chillah

6. Myspace MY space was founded on August 1, 2003
It was founded by Chris DeWolfe
From MySpace was the largest social networking in the world
In June 2011 Specific Media Group and Justin Timberlake bought Myspace for $35 million

7. Youtube Youtube was founded on Febuary 14, 2005
It Was founded by steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim
In November 2006 Google bought Youtube for 1.65$ billion
They came up with the idea after having a hard time sharing videos at a dinner party