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  • FacebookIn January 2004, Mark Zuckerberg coded a new site known as TheFacebook while attending Harvard University. He met with Harvard student Eduardo Saverin, and…
  • TumblrIn 2006, a software consultant named David Karp found himself with a two-week gap between contracts at his company, Davidville.
  • Social mediaThe PLATO system launched in 1960 at the University of Illinois and later commercially marketed by Control Data Corporation.
  • YouTubeOn the 14th of February 2005, three former PayPal employees named Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen registered the domain name www.youtube.com.