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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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Friendster (2002) Launched in 2002, Friendster was originally going to be a dating site that would help set up people with friends in common. But Twitter’s significance was really defined by the hashtag , a symbol that’s helped political organizers and average citizens mobilize, promote, and create awareness.

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eLearning & Deliberative Moments: The present and future of Personal Learning Environments (PLE)

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These allow custom extensions, which may pave the way for the development of open APIs for connection by PLEs. This applies not just to software for personal computers, but also for mobile PDAs. By 2002, there was feverish activity to create ePortfolios as personalised learning content management systems. APIs ) available.

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