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Snapchat Launches Collaborative Timelines
This feature was called "our story" and it allowed friends on Snapchat to share pictures and short clips on a collaborative story feed for their friends to look at. -
Pinterest Launches Buyable Pins
Buyable pins allowed users to not only look at the things they want but buy them as well. -
Malware Starts to Become a Widespread Concern
Sites that offer free services such as Hola have malware and other virisus on them. -
Microsoft Acquires Linked in
Microsoft purchased Linked in for $26.2 billion. This is one of the largest acquisitions in history. -
Mobile Web Browsing Started to Out Pace Desktops
This year marks the transition to mobile internet use. 51.3% of all internet users used mobile phones or tablets to search the web. -
Snapchat Begins Trading on the New York Stock Exchange
Their shares went up a historic 44% in the first day. Snapchat trade composed 10% of the trade that day. -
Over 50% of the Wold has Internet Access
This historic year marked the growth of the internet and the world wide web from select individuals to the world. -
World Wide Web Founder Proposes Plan for a More Secure Web
In response to the multiple attacks on people's information, Tim Berners-Lee came up with a plan to protect internet users. -
Google + is Shutdown
Google+ was shutdown. This shutdown was due to lack of use and user information being hacked.
