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First Use of Cookies
Netscape first used cookies to simply check whether visitors to their website had already visited before http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/ -
LinkedIn Launches
LinkedIn first launches online as a business contact information site. https://www.linkedin.com/about-us -
Introduction of #hashtag
Twitter starts linking hashtags in tweets to Twitter search results for the hashtagged word https://techcrunch.com/2009/07/02/twitter-makes-hashtags-more-useful/ -
Google Play Takes Over Android
Google Play launches and joins together Android Market, Google Music and other Google based services for Android devices. https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/06/goodbye-android-market-hello-google-play/ -
Facebook acquires Instagram
In the long list of Facebook purchases, Instagram was purchased for $1 billion. This was about 25% of Facebook's cash on hand http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/facebook-buys-instagram-for-1-billion/?_r=0 -
Snapchat Hits 1 Billion Shared Photos
6 months after their first blog post, Snapchat announces that users had shared over 1 billion shared photos on the iOS app. http://internetbusiness-howto.com/snapchat-history-and-facts