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Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform where creators raise money for creative projects by asking backers to pledge support before the work exists or ships. Launched on April 28, 2009, it became a major home for games, design products, films, music, comics, art, publishing, technology, and community-backed ideas, using an all-or-nothing funding model that helps creators test demand while giving supporters a way to help projects come to life.
Flickr is a photo-sharing and image-hosting website where photographers, hobbyists, archives, bloggers, designers, and communities upload, organize, tag, license, discuss, embed, and discover images. Founded in 2004, it became a defining Web 2.0 photography community, later moving through Yahoo and Verizon ownership before SmugMug acquired it in 2018 and refocused the service around photographers, preservation, and paid membership.
SoundCloud is an audio platform where musicians, DJs, podcasters, labels, fans, and communities upload, share, stream, comment on, promote, and discover music and other sounds. Founded in Berlin in 2007, it became especially important for independent artists and scenes that wanted a fast public place to publish tracks, build audiences, test ideas, and connect directly with listeners before or outside traditional music industry channels.
Tripadvisor is a travel guidance platform where people read and write reviews, compare hotels, discover restaurants, browse attractions, book experiences, and plan trips using traveler-generated content. Founded in 2000, it helped move travel research from printed guidebooks and agency advice toward searchable reviews, ratings, photos, rankings, maps, and marketplace links for hotels, restaurants, and things to do.
Booking.com is an online travel marketplace for hotels, apartments, vacation rentals, flights, car rentals, taxis, attractions, reviews, loyalty features, and trip support. Founded in Amsterdam in 1996 and now part of Booking Holdings, it grew from a Dutch accommodation startup into a major global travel platform that connects travelers with lodging partners and other travel services.
Stack Overflow is a question-and-answer website where developers ask programming questions, answer technical problems, vote on useful explanations, and build a searchable archive of software knowledge. Founded in 2008 by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky and later acquired by Prosus, it became one of the webโ€s most important reference points for coding help, community moderation, reusable examples, and developer knowledge sharing.
The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library behind archive.org and the Wayback Machine. Founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle, it preserves web pages, books, audio, video, software, images, and other cultural artifacts so researchers and the public can study material that might disappear.
WordPress is an open-source content management system and publishing platform used to build blogs, business sites, newsrooms, stores, portfolios, and communities. Created in 2003 by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, it powers more than 43% of sites across the web, according to WordPress.org.
Quora is a question-and-answer platform where people ask questions, write answers, follow topics, read expert perspectives, and discover knowledge through feeds and communities. Founded in 2009 by Adam Dโ€Angelo and Charlie Cheever, Quora later expanded into AI with Poe.
Figma is a browser-based collaborative design platform for interface design, prototypes, design systems, whiteboards, developer handoff, and product teamwork. Founded in 2012, it challenged desktop design tools, survived a canceled Adobe acquisition, and went public on the NYSE in 2025.
LinkedIn is a professional networking website and app owned by Microsoft. Launched in 2003, it grew from an online resume and contacts service into a major platform for job search, recruiting, workplace content, B2B marketing, creator posts, company pages, and career identity.
Facebook is a social networking website and app owned by Meta. Launched in 2004 from Harvard, it grew from a college directory into one of the defining platforms of social media, shaping online identity, friend networks, news distribution, advertising, groups, communities, and privacy debates.
YouTube is a video-sharing website and platform where people upload, watch, stream, comment on, and monetize video. Founded in 2005 and acquired by Google in 2006, it became a central home for creators, music, education, entertainment, live video, Shorts, and internet culture.
Ask Jeeves was an early web search service built around asking questions in everyday language. Later renamed Ask.com, it became part of the pre-Google search landscape, survived through reinvention, and officially closed in 2026.
Booking Holdings is the online travel company behind Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, OpenTable, and related travel brands. Its official site, bookingholdings.com, presents the corporate portfolio, while its consumer brands connect travelers, lodging partners, airlines, rental-car providers, restaurants, and activity operators through search, booking, payments, advertising, mobile apps, and trip-support technology.