Dot-com bubble
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| February 4 2025 | Enron launches a cryptocurrency token named $ENRON on the Solana blockchain, which reaches a market capitalization of $700 million before dramatically falling 76% within 24 hours of its launch. |
| January 6 2025 | Enron announces the 'Enron Egg', its first new product in 20 years - claimed to be a micro nuclear reactor powered by 20% enriched uranium zirconium hydride, capable of powering a suburban home for 10 years. |
| December 12 2024 | A video is posted showing Gaydos being pied in the face, potentially as a parody of a similar incident involving Jeff Skilling. |
| December 9 2024 | Connor Gaydos is announced as the CEO of Enron, and the company plans to hold an 'Enron Power Summit' on January 6, 2025. |
| December 2 2024 | The Enron website relaunched as a satire, with Connor Gaydos (cofounder of Birds Aren't Real) appointed as CEO. |
| December 2 2024 | Enron's X account posts a tweet with the caption 'We're back. Can we talk?', accompanied by a promotional video. The website enron.com was made functional, sparking speculation about a potential cryptocurrency scam. |
| 2022 |
GeoCities
NeoCities Neighborhoods, a remake of GeoCities, was created on Neocities, featuring the original 1996 version's interface.
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| 2021 |
Ask.com
Ask re-initiated its SymptomFind function and introduced a new finance-based site called Ask Money.
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| 2019 |
GeoCities
Indie developer Jay Tholen released Hypnospace Outlaw, a game heavily influenced by GeoCities.
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| 2019 | As part of Symantec's Enterprise Security business, Blue Coat Systems is sold to Broadcom, representing another major corporate restructuring and change in ownership. |
| March 31 2019 |
GeoCities
GeoCities Japan, the last remaining version of the service, was terminated.
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| 2018 |
Gurl.com
Gurl.com ceases activity following the closure of Defy Media, and is later redirected to Seventeen's website.
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| May 2018 | Lycos Internet was renamed Brightcom Group. |
| 2016 | Blue Coat Systems is acquired by Symantec, marking a significant transition in the company's corporate structure and integration into a larger cybersecurity enterprise. |
| 2015 | Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist who funded many dot-com companies, published a book reflecting on losing 90% of his net worth during the dot-com bubble burst. |
| June 2015 | Lycos announced a pair of wearable devices called Band and Ring. |
| September 2014 | Ed Noel was appointed as General Manager of Lycos Media, replacing Rob Balazy. |
| August 14 2014 |
Ask.com
Ask.com acquired ASKfm, a popular social networking website with 180 million monthly unique users across over 150 countries.
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| September 2012 |
Ask.com
Ask.com completed the acquisition of About.com, an expert advice and information site.
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| July 2 2012 |
Ask.com
Ask.com purchased content discovery start-up nRelate for an undisclosed amount.
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| May 2012 | Lycos announced the appointment of former employee Rob Balazy as CEO of Media division. |
| 2011 |
Gurl.com
Alloy relaunches Gurl.com with a new logo featuring a cursive font with a heart-shaped 'u'.
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| August 2010 | Daum sold Lycos to Ybrant Digital for $36 million as part of a corporate restructuring to focus on mobile, social networks, and location-based services. |
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