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Invention - Talkomatic.
Talkomatic is created by Dave Woolley and Douglas Brown at the University of Illinois, as a multi-user
chat room application. It is an instant sensation among users in the PLATO System's online
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Launch - Yahoo!
Yahoo! Messenger, another popular instant messaging service, launches -
Launch - Frienster
Social networking and gaming site Friendster launches. The service would be popular in Asia and the
Pacific Islands -
Launch - Skype
Skype, a very popular instant messaging and video/voice calling service (VoIP), launches -
Launch - Facebook
Facebook, the most popular social networking service to-date, launches. It now features a voice and
video calling service, as well as a widely used instant messaging service -
Launch - Youtube
YouTube, a video sharing service, launches -
Launch - Twitter
Twitter, one of the most popular social networking sites worldwide, launches. This website was very
popular in Brazil and India -
Launch - Instgram
Instagram, a photo/video sharing and social media service, launches -
Milestone - Facebook
Facebook goes public, negotiating a share price of $38 apiece, valuing the company at $104 billion,
the largest valuation to date for a newly listed public company -
Milestone - Snapchat
Snapchat files for its IPO, and begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The share closed at
24.48, giving the company a valuation of around US$33 billion.