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Hotmail

Jul 4, 1996

Hotmail is a free web-based email service operated by Microsoft as part of Windows Live.

Blackboard

Jun 21, 1997

Blackboard is founded as an online course management system for educators and learners.

Wikipedia

Jan 15, 2001

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia and world's largest wiki, was started.

Myspace

Jun 1, 2003

MySpace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace was launched in August 2003

Flickr

Feb 3, 2004

Flickr image hosting website opened.

Facebook

Feb 4, 2004

Facebook, another social networking website, was started for students at Harvard College. It was referred to at the time as a college version of Friendster.

Youtube

Feb 15, 2005

YouTube began storing and retrieving videos.

Twitter

Jul 15, 2006

Twitter is an online social networking service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets".

Tumblr

Apr 27, 2007

Tumblr is a microblogging platform and social networking website, owned and operated by Tumblr, Inc. Tumblr was launched on April 27, 2007 by David Karp.