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  2. Jack Dorsey - Wikipedia

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    Jack Patrick Dorsey (born November 19, 1976) [3] is an American Internet entrepreneur, philanthropist, and programmer, who is a co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, Inc. from 2015 until 2021, as well as co-founder, principal executive officer and chairperson [4] of Block, Inc., which is the developer of the Square financial services platform.

  3. Twitter - Wikipedia

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    X Logo used since July 2023 [a] X homepage visited while logged out in May 2024 Formerly Twitter (2006–2023) Type of site Social networking service Available in Multilingual Founded March 21, 2006 ; 18 years ago (2006-03-21), in San Francisco, California, U.S. Area served Worldwide, except blocking countries Owner Odeo (March–October 2006) Obvious Corporation (2006–2007) Twitter, Inc ...

  4. History of Twitter - Wikipedia

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    History of Twitter. The history of the social media site Twitter began in 2006 as Jack Dorsey 's, then at Odeo, idea. It was spun off in 2007 after which expanded rapidly and became a significant component of global society. Twitter became a key part of politics and international relations but was also banned or blocked in some countries.

  5. Mark Zuckerberg - Wikipedia

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    Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (/ ˈ z ʌ k ər b ɜːr ɡ /; born May 14, 1984) is an American businessman.He co-founded the social media service Facebook, along with his Harvard roommates in 2004, and its parent company Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.), of which he is chairman, chief executive officer and controlling shareholder.

  6. Timeline of Twitter - Wikipedia

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    March 2006 – March 2007. Twitter launches as a product of parent company Odeo. It grows slowly until March 2007, where usage grows dramatically after it is showcased at the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW) conference. April 2007 – October 2008. Twitter grows rapidly under CEO Jack Dorsey, completing two funding rounds and launching ...

  7. Tim Berners-Lee - Wikipedia

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    Berners-Lee was born in London on 8 June 1955, [24] the son of mathematicians and computer scientists Mary Lee Woods (1924–2017) and Conway Berners-Lee (1921–2019). His parents were both from Birmingham and worked on the Ferranti Mark 1, the first commercially-built computer. His paternal grandmother was a Canadian woman from Winnipeg. [25]

  8. History of the Internet - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The history of the Internet has its origin in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks. The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet, arose from research and development in the United States and involved international collaboration ...

  9. Central Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia

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    The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) / ˌ s iː. aɪ ˈ eɪ /, known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence ...