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gaius
on Aug 24, 2017
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The Web in 2050
I remember in the late-90s portals were all the rage, everyone wanted to be the one-stop shop for all their users browsing needs.
hnlmorg
on Aug 24, 2017
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Absolutely. Yahoo! used to be a particular favourite of mine. Search, email, chat and games. A great place to hang out and weirdly not that far removed from Facebook. Sure the UI has evolved quite a bit but it's similiar basic services.
timtas
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For a decent chunk of time maybe 1/4 of all internet users thought AOL
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