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Basics of Social Media
Presented to: Mr. M.A.Sheikh
Presented by:
Risha Jamal – 12003077005
Hifza Junaid – 12003077029
Fatima Noor – 12003077012
Sakina Bukhari - 12003077026
Social Media Icons
What is an icon?
An icon is a
graphic image, a
small picture or
object that
represents a file,
program, web page,
or command.
Social Media Icons
A Social media icon
is an easy-to-
remember logo that
represents a
particular social
media website or
program.
 Founders: Mark Zuckerberg,
Eduardo Saverin, Andrew Mcullum,
Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
 Launched on February 4, 2004 at
Cambridge, Massachusetts
 An online social networking website
that allows people worldwide to
connect with friends and the people
around them.
 Allows the sharing of pictures,
updates and life events.
Released on October 6th
, 2010
Developed by Facebook.
Originators: Mike Kreiger and Kevin
Systrom
 An online photo-sharing, video-sharing
and social networking service that
enables its users to take pictures and
videos, apply digital filters to them, and
share them on a variety of social
networking services, such
as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr.
ikikipedia
• Launched on January 15,2001
•Owned by the Wikipedia
Foundation
• Created by Jimmy Wales and
Larry Sanger
• A free internet encyclopedia
which is the largest popular
general work on the internet.
• It’s a collaborative website,
allowing anyone to edit content.
twitter
 Founded on March 21,
2006 and launched on
July 15, 2006.
 Developed by Jack
Dorsey.
 An online social
networking and micro-
blogging service that
enables users to send
and read "tweets", which
are text messages limited
to 140 characters.
 Quick answers, news, get
connected
skype Founded in 2003 by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström.
 Released in August 2003.
 Now owned by Microsoft.
 Service allows users to communicate with peers by voice
using a microphone, video by using a webcam, and instant
messaging overthe Internet. Phone calls may be placed to
recipients on the traditional telephone networks.
 Stories, meetings, celebrating.
Whatsapp
Founded and
Launched in 2009.
Developed by Brian
Acton and Jan Koum.
In addition to free text
messaging, users can
send each other
images, video, and
audio media
messages.
YouTube
 Founded and launched on
February 14, 2005.
 Created by Steve Chen, Chad
Hurley and Jawed Karim –
former PayPal employees
 Owned now by Google Inc.
 A variety of user-generated
video content, (like movie and
TV clips, music videos, video
blogs, short original and
educational videos.)
goodreads
 Founded in December 2006 and launched in January
2007.
 Created by Otis Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler.
 Allows individuals to freely search extensive user-
populated database of books, annotations, and
reviews.
 Book readers all over the world can connect and
discuss their favourite literary experiences.
vevo Founded and Established on December 8,
2009
 Owned and operated by Abu Dhabi Media,
Google, Sony Music Entertainment, and
Universal Music Group.
 Electrical and Musical Industries (EMI)
Records licenses its content to the service.
 Uploads music videos on YouTube from three
of the "big four" major record labels:
Universal Music Group, Sony Music
Entertainment, and EMI Records.
GoogleFounded and launched on Sept ember
15, 1997.
Creat ed by Larry Page and Sergey
Brin.
Alt hough it began as only a search
engine, it is now one of t he world’s
richest corporat ions.
Specializes in I nt ernet -relat ed
services and product s. These include
search, cloud comput ing, sof t ware
and online advert ising t echnologies.
Blogger
 Launched on August 23, 1999.
 Created by Pyra Labs (Evan
Williams and Meg Hourihan),
which was bought by Google in
2003.
 A blog-publishing service that
allows people to publish their
ideas in terms of blogs.
 Serves as an information
providing website through the
means of daily published blogs
(by users).
eeBBaayy
 Founded and launched on September 3, 1995.
 Established by Pierre Omidyar
 eBay has built an online person-to-person
trading community on the Internet, using the
World Wide Web.
 A shopping website in which people and
businesses buy and sell a broad variety of
goods and services worldwide.
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you!

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Presentation social media icons (RISHA, HIFZ , SAKEENA, NOOR). rESOURCE PERSON: AHMAD SHEIKH

  • 1.
  • 2. Basics of Social Media Presented to: Mr. M.A.Sheikh Presented by: Risha Jamal – 12003077005 Hifza Junaid – 12003077029 Fatima Noor – 12003077012 Sakina Bukhari - 12003077026
  • 4. What is an icon? An icon is a graphic image, a small picture or object that represents a file, program, web page, or command.
  • 5. Social Media Icons A Social media icon is an easy-to- remember logo that represents a particular social media website or program.
  • 6.
  • 7.  Founders: Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew Mcullum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.  Launched on February 4, 2004 at Cambridge, Massachusetts  An online social networking website that allows people worldwide to connect with friends and the people around them.  Allows the sharing of pictures, updates and life events.
  • 8. Released on October 6th , 2010 Developed by Facebook. Originators: Mike Kreiger and Kevin Systrom  An online photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, apply digital filters to them, and share them on a variety of social networking services, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr.
  • 9. ikikipedia • Launched on January 15,2001 •Owned by the Wikipedia Foundation • Created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger • A free internet encyclopedia which is the largest popular general work on the internet. • It’s a collaborative website, allowing anyone to edit content.
  • 10. twitter  Founded on March 21, 2006 and launched on July 15, 2006.  Developed by Jack Dorsey.  An online social networking and micro- blogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 140 characters.  Quick answers, news, get connected
  • 11. skype Founded in 2003 by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström.  Released in August 2003.  Now owned by Microsoft.  Service allows users to communicate with peers by voice using a microphone, video by using a webcam, and instant messaging overthe Internet. Phone calls may be placed to recipients on the traditional telephone networks.  Stories, meetings, celebrating.
  • 12. Whatsapp Founded and Launched in 2009. Developed by Brian Acton and Jan Koum. In addition to free text messaging, users can send each other images, video, and audio media messages.
  • 13. YouTube  Founded and launched on February 14, 2005.  Created by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim – former PayPal employees  Owned now by Google Inc.  A variety of user-generated video content, (like movie and TV clips, music videos, video blogs, short original and educational videos.)
  • 14. goodreads  Founded in December 2006 and launched in January 2007.  Created by Otis Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler.  Allows individuals to freely search extensive user- populated database of books, annotations, and reviews.  Book readers all over the world can connect and discuss their favourite literary experiences.
  • 15. vevo Founded and Established on December 8, 2009  Owned and operated by Abu Dhabi Media, Google, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group.  Electrical and Musical Industries (EMI) Records licenses its content to the service.  Uploads music videos on YouTube from three of the "big four" major record labels: Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and EMI Records.
  • 16. GoogleFounded and launched on Sept ember 15, 1997. Creat ed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Alt hough it began as only a search engine, it is now one of t he world’s richest corporat ions. Specializes in I nt ernet -relat ed services and product s. These include search, cloud comput ing, sof t ware and online advert ising t echnologies.
  • 17. Blogger  Launched on August 23, 1999.  Created by Pyra Labs (Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan), which was bought by Google in 2003.  A blog-publishing service that allows people to publish their ideas in terms of blogs.  Serves as an information providing website through the means of daily published blogs (by users).
  • 18. eeBBaayy  Founded and launched on September 3, 1995.  Established by Pierre Omidyar  eBay has built an online person-to-person trading community on the Internet, using the World Wide Web.  A shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide.