See Yahoo and AOL if you’re confused, or for that matter Friendster and MySpace. Today’s giants are invariably tomorrow’s afterthoughts absent an ability to not just pivot, but pivot the ...

Microsoft shut down Skype, the internet-based phone and video call service, on Monday, 14 years after the tech company bought it for $8.5 billion. Microsoft announced in February that Skype users ...

Friendster is considered one of the original social network sites, predating Facebook (2004) and MySpace (2003), where people could connect with other users, share content on their profiles and ...

Facebook was initially a very special Friendster for Harvard students only, a circle which then widened to the Ivy Leagues, then to fancy public universities, and eventually to everybody.

Social media emerged in the early 2000s with platforms like Friendster and MySpace. Facebook and Twitter rose to prominence in the late 2000s, followed by Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok in the 2010s.