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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…
  • TwitterIn March 2006, Jack Dorsey sent the first message from a service called twttr to a small group of Odeo employees. The prototype relied on Short Message…
  • SpotifyIn April 2006, Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon established Spotify in Stockholm, Sweden. The idea emerged from a moment of frustration when the peer-to-peer…
  • NetflixOn the 29th of August 1997, Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings launched Netflix in Scotts Valley, California. Hastings had just sold his previous company Pure…
  • HidiveThe year 2017 marked a turning point for anime streaming when Hidive launched in June. This new service emerged from the ashes of Anime Network Online, which…
  • Microsoft TranslatorIn 1999, Microsoft Research began developing the first version of its machine translation system. This early effort relied on semantic predicate-argument…
  • CrunchyrollIn mid-2006, a website called Crunchyroll launched with no legal license to distribute Japanese anime. The site operated as an unlicensed hub where fans…
  • Paramount+On the 28th of October 2014, CBS Corporation introduced a new service called CBS All Access. This platform marked the first over-the-top offering from an…
  • USA TodayAl Neuharth convened a task force known as Project NN in Cocoa Beach, Florida on the 29th of February 1980. This meeting marked the conception of USA Today…
  • TED (conference)Richard Saul Wurman and Harry Marks launched TED in February 1984 as a technology conference. The first event featured a demonstration of the compact disc…