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January 2006

Yahoo! 360° - Computer Mediated Communication - The Robin Hood of Neopets [circa 2000]

Possibly the most popular site for children on the web today is Neopets. If you have a sibling, niece, nephew, or grandchild that is connected to the net, you can just ask them and they’ll tell you ALL about this site, which built on success the Tamagotchi craze at the end of the 1990s: You adopt one or more virtual pets, collect objects for them, feed them, play with them, and try to help them advance and grow in several ways.

October 2005

Official Google Blog: Guess what just turned 34?

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It provided a fast and dynamic interface from web browsers everywhere, popularizing the techniques that have since become known as AJAX.