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Smartphones
A majority of Americans now own smartphones. -
Edward Snowden
Former CIA employee, Edward Snowden, turns in thousands of classified documents to media organizations, exposing a top-secret government data surveillance program. -
Online Banking
51% of U.S. adults use online banking. -
Vine
This popular video sharing and social media service, launches shortly after being acquired by Twitter for $30 million. -
Twitter in the Stock Exchange
Twitter files for its IPO, and begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange. -
Instagram
Instagram launches video sharing. -
Google Hangouts
Instant messaging and video/voice calling service Google Hangouts launches. -
MySpace
Myspace re-launches, coming out with a re-designed website, and a mobile app. -
Justin.tv
Justin.tv shuts downs to focus work on Twitch.tv -
Snapchat
Snapchat launches collaborative timelines based on events. -
Twitch TV
Amazon acquires Twitch.tv for $970 million. -
Friendster
Friendster shuts down due to "the evolving landscape in our challenging industry" and lack of engagement by the online community. -
Periscope
Periscope, a live video sharing app, launches shortly after being acquired by Twitter. -
Linkedin
Microsoft says it will be acquiring LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, -
Time Inc. and Myspace
Time Inc. buys Myspace and its parent company. -
Yahoo!
Yahoo discontinues its services for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris clients in early August 2016. -
Vine Death
Vine announced that Twitter would be discontinuing the Vine mobile app, later renamed to "Vine Camera" -
Snapchat IPO
Snapchat files for its IPO, and begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange. -
Beme and CNN
Beme shuts down on January 31st, following its acquisition by CNN in 2016
