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This six second video app was killed by Twitter in 2017 and the internet has never fully recovered
Vine
This term describes the growing mountains of discarded phones laptops and tablets that are now the fastest growing waste stream on the planet, most of it ending up in developing countries
E-waste
This CEO testified before Congress in 2018 and senators asking basic questions about how the internet works became the most memed moment in tech history
Mark Zuckerberg
This blue social media platform that dominates professional networking was originally just a way for its founder to stay in touch with his business school classmates
This platform has anonymous communities for literally every topic imaginable, from rocket science to people who hate the sound of chewing
This Microsoft messaging platform was the reason your parents thought they were cool in the early 2000s
MSN Messenger
A single Google search produces enough carbon emissions to boil half a cup of water, this is what that type of pollution is called
Carbon footprint
This gaming company released a game so broken on launch day that they had to refund every single person who bought it, a first in gaming history
Cyberpunk 2077
This social media platform that everyone uses today started as a website specifically for rating the attractiveness of Harvard students
This gaming platform built for children became one of the most valuable gaming companies in the world with a virtual economy worth more than some real currencies
Roblox
This app was the first ever dedicated to sharing short videos with music before Musical.ly became TikTok and made it irrelevant
Dubsmash
This Caribbean government recently announced plans to build one of these massive energy consuming facilities that powers cloud computing and technology infrastructure
Data center
This company's internal research showed their platform made teenage girls feel worse about their bodies, they knew for years and said nothing
Meta (Instagram)
This gaming company worth billions today was founded in 1889, making it older than the Eiffel Tower, and originally sold playing cards
Nintendo
This tiny credit card sized computer was invented in the UK to teach children how to code and is now used by engineers and hobbyists worldwide
Raspberry Pi
This browser was so slow and outdated it became a meme before Microsoft finally killed it in 2022
Internet Explorer
Training this type of technology produces as much carbon emissions as five cars over their entire lifetimes and a new model gets trained every few months
AI
In 2017 this company was caught secretly collecting location data from users even when location services were turned off and had been doing it for years
Uber
This video sharing platform that dominates the internet today was originally created as a dating site where people could upload videos of themselves
YouTube
This streaming device plugged into your TV was one of the first to make cord cutting mainstream before every company had their own streaming stick
Roku
This app launched in 2016 and was an extension of a popular video streaming platform that let you download and watch videos offline for free before being quietly discontinued in 2022
YouTube Go
This is the real reason every social media app is free, your personal information is collected and sold to advertisers making you the product not the customer
Data collection
This social media giant had 87 million users' data secretly harvested and sold to a political firm that manipulated elections worldwide, including right here in Trinidad and Tobago, for an extra 100 points name the firm
Extra Points:Cambridge Analytica
This platform that hosts millions of open source projects and is used by almost every developer alive was built in a single weekend as a side project by its founder
GitHub
This Amazon owned smart doorbell company raised privacy concerns worldwide after it was revealed they were sharing footage from peoples front doors directly with law enforcement without a warrant
Ring