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Google Drive
A online location for individuals to create and share documents with one another as well as institutions. -
Tinder
A social networking app for dating. Swipe right if you're interested. -
Google Buys Waze
Waze was an Israeli mapping application that google purchased in 2013. Waze works similar to Google Maps, but creates a more emphasized user environment where users can place pins for car accidents, waiting police officers or even things that fall of vehicles on the highway. Waze allows for a more social experience then Google Maps. -
Slack
A peer to peer messaging platform mostly used by businesses. Allows for open and private groups. A great app for keeping work separate from your private messaging applications. -
Twitch
Justin.tv rebrands as Twitch. A streaming platform mostly used for video games players to live stream themselves playing games. -
Patreon
Patreon allows for a content creator to be paid by that creator's fans. Anyone can join a community of supporters who pay for various pay tiers to contribute towards something. This could be your favorite YouTuber or Podcaster. -
iCloud Photo Leak Scandal
In 2014 a huge amount of NSFW photos hacked from celebrities private accounts leaks online and makes everyone rethink online photo storage, privacy and whether sending your significant other a NSFW photo is such a good idea -
Periscope
Periscope was twitter's next big addition. It adding live streaming to the popular social media site. However, periscope could not connect with users the way SnapChat and Instagram did and has struggled to make a presence. Twitter will soon be rebranding it to Twitter Live at some point in 2019 -
Discord
Discord is created and fairly quickly becomes the premier way for individuals in gaming communities to chat. This social networking site allows gamers to feel more connected into groups with similar interests. -
TikTok
TikTok is an app that allows users to create short videos of 15 seconds. The company merged with Musically in November of 2017 creating an even larger community -
Pokemon Go
Pokemon Go is an augmented reality game app that allows users to capture Pokemon in the wild. This overnight sensation created a storm in the US where strangers would mingle in the most random of places (the library for example), capture Pokemon and get to know each other. -
2 Billion Facebook Users
Less 5 years after it hit 1 billion users Facebook hits another milestone with 2 billion users -
Facebook Privacy Leak
Around 87 million users who are mostly in the United States have had information leaks shared with Political consultancy Cambridge Analytics
