Category: Technology

The history of imgur.com

The Amazing Start Up Story Of Imgur And Alan Schaaf

Imgur.com is a leading online image-sharing platform. It’s described as the home of the most shared and liked images from all around the world. It’s actually a very successful social network, which people use to share, comment, and store images with anyone. The site is visited by more than 100 million people every single month and has more than 350 million images uploaded. Like many of the other big and successful tech startups, Imgur was started as a hobby by Alan Schaaf in 2009. That year he was studying computer science at Ohio University. One day he decided to make...

Doctor on demand

Your Online Doctor On Demand – The Start Up Gets $3 Million In Seed Funding

Do you need a medical help? Now you can visit an online doctor by using your mobile phone… The last time when I went to visit my doctor, I spent around 2 hours of my precious time, only to get diagnosed with a flue. In many cases, you have to wait for a day, before even arranging an appointment. Probably, waiting is a common and pesky problem for many of us, when visiting a doc. But the guys from American Well saw a great business opportunity in this. Adam Jackson, Pat Basu and Jay McGraw have made a mobile app,...

Godaddy.com – Domain, E-mail, or Hosting?

Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com) is one of the greatest Internet companies in the world. I can proudly say, that I am very happy to be a client of theirs and many other people would tell you the same. Not surprisingly, Goddady’s first competitor is far behind and its business is 4 times smaller (impressive). Having this in mind, I can say that the Daddy is the king in the domain name business, as in 2014 more than 50 million names are under their supervision. This makes the company the biggest registrar in the world. Except for domain names, you can buy...

Windows 1.0

What Is The History of Microsoft Corporation – How Bill Gates and Paul Allen Founded The Company

Early History No matter where you are, no matter who you are, you most probably have heard about Windows. This is the most popular operating system around the globe, sold to billions of individuals, small companies, corporations, you name it… Its developer – Microsoft Corporation is one of the most powerful technology companies of our time. They are really huge – this enterprise is valued at nearly 430 billion US dollars. Can you believe that this thing was started in a garage…? Microsoft, also known as ‘Microcomputer Software‘, was founded in 1975 by two young entrepreneurs – the 19 years...

Google In 1997

Alphabet Inc’s (Google) History – The Start Up Story of Sergey Brin And Larry Page

How Google.com Was Started It was a nice, beautiful, and sunny day in 1995 when a young boy named Sergey Brin met for the first time the man, who would later become his business partner – Larry Page. This happened at Standford University and they quickly found that they have many common interests. Sergey had the task to show Larry around, who was a new student there. During their very first meeting, they didn’t stop arguing about every single topic they talked about. They had the opposite opinion on almost everything! Nobody would ever suggest, that these two rumbling guys...

Flickr - Share Your Life in Photos

What Is Flickr’s Story – How Steward Butterfield and Caterina Fake Founded Flickr.com

History The world as we know it… filled with nature’s beauty and our imagination’s view of it. The best way to share the marvelous experience of watching the local marines sail off, waving at the crowds at the port, or the beautiful new bud of your favorite in-house flower is by taking a photo of the vent or item you want to share and post it somewhere for all to see…  or just the ones you want. In the past, there have been many places where one can do this – PhotoBucket, MySpace, or even Facebook, but there is only...

Bebo.com

How Michael And Xochi Birch Founded BEBO – The History Of Bebo.com

You might know one of the greatest and biggest social networking sites – bebo.com, but you probably don’t know how it started and turned into the huge world community portal it is now. It has more than 120 000 000 registered users from all around the globe and they are constantly growing. This makes it the 8th biggest social network in the world in 2011 (see top 30 social networking sites). One very interesting and inspiring story… How www.bebo.com Was Started Like almost every great business, bebo.com was started with almost nothing, by an American family – Michael Birch, husband,...