MySpace was one of, if not the, first widely popular social networking websites, and was for a time the most popular social networking website, starting in June 2006. It allowed users to create profiles listed with their interests, favorite music, movies, shows, and keep in contact with friends who also had a MySpace profile. One of it's original functions which still holds strong today is help unknown bands gain widespread exposure via updating their own band profiles.
AOL Instant Messenger is a instant messaging service where users communicate through computers by typing. While it is not used as heavily anymore (due to the rise of Facebook Chat and texting among other things), it was one of the first massively successful ways for people to communicate online.
Skype is a VoIP video conferencing program, allowing communication between people via video and audio through the internet. The idea of a video-phone has been around for decades, but Skype on the computer is one of the most successful applications of this idea. It can make calls to users within the service for free, and can also make audio calls to landlines and cell phones for a fee. Oovoo is a similar program.
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