2010 Search

25 reconstructed results for random chat in the 2010 exhibit.

1. Chatroulette - Random strangers, webcam to webcam

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/chatroulette

   Chatroulette paired you with a random stranger over webcam and let either of you hit Next. Built by 17-year-old Andrey Ternovskiy in late 2009, it exploded in February...

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2. StumbleUpon - Press the button, see a random great page

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/stumbleupon

   StumbleUpon's toolbar button sent you to a random web page matched to your interests, and its thumbs-up votes could send millions of visitors to an obscure site. Newly...

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3. Google Talk and Gmail Chat - Chat inside your inbox

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/google-talk

   Google Talk, and the Gmail Chat box built into the Gmail sidebar, let people message and video chat without installing anything. In 2010 it was quietly replacing AIM for...

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4. Omegle - Talk to strangers

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/omegle

   Omegle launched in 2009 as an anonymous text chat with strangers and added video chat in March 2010 as Chatroulette's popularity surged. Its tagline, "Talk to...

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5. Windows Live Messenger (MSN) - Nudges, winks and display names full of lyrics

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/windows-live-messenger

   Still called MSN by almost everyone, Windows Live Messenger was the dominant instant messenger outside the United States in 2010, with hundreds of millions of users. Its...

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6. 4chan - Anonymous, /b/, and the meme factory

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/4chan

   4chan's anonymous image boards, especially /b/, generated much of the internet's meme vocabulary in 2010 and gave rise to Anonymous, which attacked PayPal and Visa in...

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7. Chatroulette Piano Improv (Merton) - A hooded pianist serenading strangers

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/chatroulette-piano

   In March 2010 a hooded man known as Merton posted videos of himself improvising songs about the strangers Chatroulette paired him with, and their reactions. It was the...

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8. AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) - Buddy lists and away messages, fading fast

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/aim

   AIM had defined instant messaging in America for a decade, with its running-man icon, buddy lists, door-opening sounds and passive-aggressive away messages. By 2010 it...

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9. brb - Be right back; announced in chat before stepping away from MSN or AIM.

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-brb

   brb: Be right back; announced in chat before stepping away from MSN or AIM. Example: "brb mom needs the computer"

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10. Facebook - The social network at 500 million users

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/facebook

    In 2010 Facebook was six years old, had just overtaken Google as the most-visited site in the United States on some weekly measures, and passed 500 million users in...

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11. Webcams - Grainy 640-by-480 video for Skype, Chatroulette and vlogs

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/webcams-2010

    Most 2010 laptops had a built-in low-resolution webcam, and desktops used a Logitech clip-on, which made Skype calls, MSN video chat, Chatroulette and YouTube vlogging...

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12. wtf

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-wtf

    wtf: What the f***; the reaction to anything confusing, from a Facebook redesign to a Chatroulette stranger. Example: "wtf is a vuvuzela"

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13. Gmail - Conversations, labels, and 7 GB of storage

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/gmail

    Gmail had left beta in 2009 and by 2010 was the email of choice for anyone under 35, with conversation threading, labels instead of folders and more than 7 GB of free...

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14. Kongregate - Flash games with achievements, bought by GameStop

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/kongregate

    Kongregate hosted thousands of free browser games with badges, chat rooms beside every game and a levelling system for players. GameStop bought it in July 2010, betting...

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15. lol - Laughing out loud; by 2010 mostly a punctuation mark meaning "I am being friendly".

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-lol

    lol: Laughing out loud; by 2010 mostly a punctuation mark meaning "I am being friendly". Example: "cant make it tonight lol"

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16. BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) - PINs, the D and the R, and free unlimited messaging

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/blackberry-messenger

    BBM let BlackBerry owners message each other free over the data plan, with delivered and read receipts, group chats and PIN-swapping as a social ritual. In 2010 it was a...

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17. Bing - Microsoft's one-year-old "decision engine"

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/bing

    Bing had launched in June 2009 with a photographic homepage and a marketing budget that called it a "decision engine" rather than a search engine. In 2010 it took over...

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18. Skype - Free calls over the internet, video included

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/skype

    Skype was how families called abroad and how long-distance couples saw each other in 2010. It reported more than 500 million registered users, offered free...

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19. Groupon - One deal a day, and a $6 billion offer refused

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/groupon

    Groupon emailed one local deal a day, half-price yoga classes or restaurant vouchers, that only activated if enough people bought in. It was called the fastest-growing...

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20. Quora - Questions answered by people who were there

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/quora

    Quora opened to the public in June 2010, founded by two former Facebook engineers. Its promise was answers from people with first-hand knowledge, and in 2010 Silicon...

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21. RuneScape - The browser MMO played in the school library

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/runescape

    RuneScape ran in a browser with Java, needed no download, and had millions of players in 2010. Its low-polygon world, skill grinding, Wilderness PvP and player-run...

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22. Club Penguin - Disney's virtual world for kids

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/club-penguin

    Club Penguin was the safe, moderated virtual world where children waddled around as penguins, played mini-games and decorated igloos. Disney had bought it in 2007, and...

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23. Habbo Hotel - Pixel rooms and furni

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/habbo

    Habbo Hotel, the Finnish virtual hotel of isometric pixel rooms, was where teenagers hung out and traded "furni" in 2010. Its Shockwave client, guest rooms and games...

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