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Date of Birth
Shawn Fanning was born in Brockton, Massachusetts -
Developed Napster
Napster was one of the first popular peer-to-peer ("P2P") file sharing platforms. -
MTV Video Music Awards Host
Shawn Fanning was the host of the MTV Video Music Awards. -
Napster Shutdown
Napster was shut down due to illegal sharing of copyrighted material. -
MIT Top 100 Innovators
Shawn Fanning was named by the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world that was under the age of 35. -
Created Snocap
Created Snocap with Jordan Medelson and Ron Conway. Snocap was designed to be a legitimate marketplace for digital media. -
Created Rupture
Shawn Fanning created Rupture which was a social networking tool designed to publish gamers' individual profiles to a communal space. -
Created Path.com
He created a site called Path.com which is a social networking-enabled photo sharing and messaging web site.
