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Myspace created
Known for bands' pages, customizable profiles and a culture of online stalking, MySpace was the no. 1 website in 2006 and was valued at $12 billion in 2007.
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Facebook Launched
Within 24 hours, 1,200 Harvard students had signed up, and after one month, over half of the undergraduate population had a profile.
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First youtube video
YouTube creators uploaded the first video on YouTube on April 23, 2005 (they registered the domain on February 14)
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Google buys youtube
Google agreed to buy San Bruno video-sharing site YouTube in an all-stock deal worth about $1.65 billion.
(https://venturebeat.com/2006/10/09/they-did-it-youtube-gets-bought-by-gooogle-for-165b-in-less-than-two-years/) -
Twitter goes public
First message on Twitter sent on March 21, 2006, 9:50pm. It read, "just setting up my twttr".
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Spotify launched
Spotify's Daniel Ek created a free, Facebook-enabled platform that could save the recording industry from piracy--and iTunes.
(https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2012/01/04/spotifys-daniel-ek-the-most-important-man-in-music/)
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Instagram starts
The idea was that one user on one side of the world would send a photo of sunshine to another in a wintery climate with fewer hours of daylight just to cheer them up.
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Picaboo Launched
an app that would send photos that would eventually disappear, and the initial Picaboo app was launched in the iOS App Store in July.
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Picaboo becomes snap chat
Picaboo was rebranded as Snapchat, added the ability to caption photos, and relaunched in the iOS App Store. -
Pintrest made public
Pinterest has helped millions of people around the world find recipes, parenting hacks, style inspiration and other ideas to try.
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Instagram for Android
Though instagram launched in 2010, that was only for iPhones. The app wasn't available in the Google Play store for another couple years. -
Twitter buys periscope
The company’s app – which lets users stream video of themselves live from anywhere in the world – has been used to broadcast footage of refugees crossing the Turkish border, bomb scares at football matches, and a puddle in Drummond, Newcastle.
(https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/05/periscope-founder-kayvon-beykpour-twitter-app-live-video-streaming-interview)
