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Internet properties established in 2011
- LitecoinCharlie Lee released Litecoin via an open-source client on GitHub on the 7th of October 2011. The network went live six days later on the 13th of October…
- The VergeBetween March and April 2011, nine staff members walked away from AOL to start a new venture. Joshua Topolsky led the group as editor-in-chief of the former…
- Twitch (service)In June 2011, a new website called TwitchTV launched in public beta as a dedicated spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform Justin.tv.
- Google Cloud PlatformIn April 2008, Google announced App Engine during a public presentation. This event marked the company's first entry into cloud computing services.
- Silk Road (marketplace)Ross Ulbricht launched an online black market in February 2011 under the pseudonym Dread Pirate Roberts. He named his creation after a historical network of…
- SnapchatOn the 8th of July 2011, three Stanford University students launched an app called Picaboo on the iOS operating system. Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy worked…
- GrantlandESPN announced the creation of Grantland in early 2011. The site officially launched on the 8th of June 2011 under the leadership of Bill Simmons.
- The Conversation (website)The Conversation website opened its digital doors in March 2011 within the Australian capital of Canberra. Andrew Jaspan and Jack Rejtman stood at the helm…