“Selfie” song and video by Chainsmokers is released.
The first camera phones on devices like Nokia 7650 and the Sanyo SCP-5300, debut.
The first global social media websites, like MySpace and Facebook, debut.
The PLATO system introduces technologies that will become the basis of future social media platforms and the first digital camera was invented in 1979.
The first selfie is taken by Robert Cornelius using the daguerreotype method, the earliest form of photography utilizing natural light and silver transfers.