1st You Tube Video
It all started with a 18 second video talking about why elephants are cool …because they have really long trunks.

Facebook Allows Non-college members
Opening up membership removed any restrictions and from August of 2008 to August of 2009 Facebook added 200 million members.

Iran Election Protests
There have been revolutions and protests in closed nations before. Twitter though gave a face to the Iranian elections protests, allowing previous restricted content, photos, and stories to make it past the media monitors and filter to the masses. Lack of a free press is no longer a hindrance to the truth being told or shown.

iPhone is Launched
From the touch screen, to the emergence of apps, to actually being able to read a website on a smart phone, the iPhone took mobile by the hair and dragged it from cool to useful.

2008 Presidential Elections
In the 2004 presidential elections Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, and LinkedIn were just getting started or had not even launched. What a difference four years made. After the 2008 election, election politics have entered a new era.

2012 Facebook Files IPO
On February 1st 2012 Facebook files for a five (5) billion IPO and should start trading in the spring. Facebook has 845 million users with 483 million daily users.