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The World Wide Web was made public for users to utilize. -
A man named Evan Spiegel proposed Picaboo in a product design class at Stanford University. -
Picaboo is officially launched! -
Picaboo gets sued for the name. Picaboo changes its name to Snapchat. -
Snapchat quickly gains 10 Million users -
Snapchat makes an update to the platform and introduces stories. Now users can post an image or video on their story for all their friends to view as many times as they wish for 24 hours. -
This time, Zuckerberg offer $3 Billion. He gets rejected...again. -
Mark Zuckerberg (the owner of Facebook) attempts to buy Snapchat. After the offer was declined, Zuckerberg created Poke (which failed). -
Now users can video call other users -
It was recorded that 40% of 18 year-olds in the United States was using Snapchat...daily -
In this new update, users can now tag their location -
Snapchat tests ads on its platform -
Snapchat created Lenses. This caused Google trends to spike. -
Snapchat released an update to the platform. This update allow users to just tap on the image received to view it. Users are no longer required to hold their finger on the screen to view content. -
Snapchat launches Discover, where users can see partnership content. -
Snapchat has reached 100 Million daily users -
McDonalds, GE, and Ted (the movie) launched the first sponsored geofilters . -
It was recorded that 37% of Americans between the ages of 18 to 29 have a Snapchat account. -
The company Bitstrips launches an app called Bitmoji. This app allowed users to create stickers of a customized, animated version of themselves. Snapchat recognized the potential and bought Bitstrip. -
Snapchat launches a new pair of glasses that users can take images and videos and upload them to their snapchat accounts. -
The White House joins Snapchat -
Zuckerberg buys out other popular social media platforms, one of them being Instagram. In efforts to poke back at Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook release "Stories" feature. -
This feature allows users to see where other users are located -
Kylie Jenner slams the Snapchat platform via Twitter. This low blow made Snapchat lose over a billion dollars in value. -
This "Spotlight" feature allows users to get paid up to $1 million for their content.