Google search started as an idea from two Stanford University PhD students and is now used one billion times a day, in addition to many other Google products.
Pinterest is a "self-expression engine" where millions of users can "pin" anything that interests them to their own virtual pinboard and share those "pins" with others, from recipes, to craft ideas, to fashion, and more!
SoundCloud is quickly becoming the musician's venue of choice for instant artistic collaboration, helping millions of artists and music lovers promote, distribute, and create their own music via the cloud.
With 22 million registered users and more than 4 million unique visitors every month, LinkedIn is without a doubt one of the most popular destinations on the web.
Headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA, MySpace reached the height of popularity in June of 2006, with its 100 millionth account created in August of the same year.
Since it was founded in 2008, Groupon has experienced more growth than Amazon, Ebay, Yahoo!, or even Google in their first two years, with a projected revenue of $500 million for the close of 2010.
Claiming at least 62 percent of the MMORPG market, World of Warcraft is the most subscribed to massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) in the world.
Within two years of its creation, Foursquare has attracted over four million users and was recently announced a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
As of June 2010, there are more than 65 million tweets posted each day, about 750 tweets each second. Today, Twitter is ranked number 10 in the most visited websites worldwide by Alexa's web traffic analysis.
Located in San Bruno, California, YouTube is the undisputed leader in online video. Users worldwide gather to share and watch original videos through YouTube's simple interface.