Why nobody uses Craigslist anymore?

 

At its peak, Craigslist was generating over $1 billion a year with around 30 employees — outperforming Google and Facebook on revenue per employee by a factor of 10 to 20. Founder Craig Newmark turned down VC billions, refused to run ads, and demoted himself to head of customer service. Then the company lost more than 70% of its revenue. This is the rise and fall of Craigslist.

The Rise and Fall of MSN Messenger, the Chat App That Defined Online Life Before Social Media

 

MSN Messenger once defined online communication for an entire generation. From instant messages, custom statuses, emojis, and nudges to its eventual decline, this video explores how Microsoft’s iconic messenger rose to global popularity—and why it ultimately disappeared.

Yahoo!: The $125B Company That Burned Itself to the Ground

 In the year 2000 Yahoo was worth $125 billion and was the front door to the entire internet. By 2016 it sold its core business for $4.83 billion — less than four cents on the dollar. Then the real story came out. A data breach affecting three billion accounts that the company had hidden for two years. A $35 million SEC fine. A deal price cut. And a Verizon rebrand that lasted exactly as long as it took for them to sell it again. This is the full story of how the company that could have bought Google for $1 million and Facebook for $1 billion spent twenty years refusing to answer one simple question — what is Yahoo? — until the market answered it for them.

Gamergate: The Sexist, Alt-Right Side of Fandom

 

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"Most Popular Web Browsers 1993 - 2020

 

In this data visualization I go back to the first graphical web browser, Mosaic. Before Mosaic most users browsed the web either with a text based web browser such as Lynx or using Nexus which had a graphical interface, which was easier to use. 1993 Mosaic First graphical web browser 1994 Netscape Navigator Launched at $49 with a 90 day trial 1995 Internet Explorer Launched as free add-on to Windows 95 1996 Opera Launched to the public as trialware 1997 Netscape held 70% of the market but IE being free was gaining fast 1998 This forced Netscape to became freeware 1998 Microsoft was taken to court for violating antitrust laws America Online acquired Netscape for $4.2 billion 2000 Microsoft was found guilty and decided to split IE from Windows 2001 IE was the official winner of the first browser war 2002 Firefox Beta Originally called Phoenix, then Firebird 2003 Safari 1.0 released by Apple 2004 Firefox 1.0 finally released to the public 2005 Free Opera Opera browser becomes freeware 2006 IE 7.0 Microsoft reintegrates IE into Windows 2008 Netscape Ends Netscape Navigator is discontinued 2008 Chrome 1.0 Google releases Chrome 2009 Mobile Web Mobile browsers started gaining market share 2010 Firefox 3.6 Firefox introduces Personas theme engine 2011 IE 9 Introduced new interface 2012 Chrome overtakes IE 2013 IE 11 Final version of IE 2014 Opera 19 Introduced Workspaces feature 2015 Edge Replaced IE 2016 Opera 40 Free VPN & battery saver mode 2017 Firefox 55 Included VR capability 2018 Opera 50 Anti-Bitcoin mining tool 2019 Firefox 70 Dark Mode & Tracker Blocker

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"The Rise Of Google Maps

 

Google Maps has taken on competitors like MapQuest, Yahoo and Apple. But after a decade of investing, collecting data and billions of images through Street View, Google has over a billion monthly users. It updated tens of thousands of times a day and has mapped more than 220 countries and territories. Here’s a look at how Google came to dominate maps. » Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC » Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision » Subscribe to CNBC Classic: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCclassic

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How Palantir And Its Data-Mining Empire Became So Controversial

 

After 17 years, data analytics company Palantir is making its public market debut. Best known for its sometimes controversial work with U.S. government agencies like the CIA, the DoD and ICE, Palantir has increasingly been working with commercial customers as well, which investors hope will put it on a path to profitability.

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