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Type of site | Social network service |
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| Founded | December 2002 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Cameron Winklevoss Tyler Winklevoss Divya Narendra |
| Products | ConnectU.com, i2hub.com, Jungalu.com, StallScribbles.com, Digital Flyers, ConnectHi (theyearbook.org), ConnectGroups, The Winklevoss Chang Group Representative Program, The Rep Center, Social Butterfly |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | May 21, 2004 (as HarvardConnection) |
| Current status | Defunct |
ConnectU (originally HarvardConnection) was a social networking website launched on May 21, 2004,[1] that was founded by Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra in December 2002.[2] Users could add people as friends, send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves.[3] Users were placed in networks based upon the domain name associated with the email address they used for registration.[4]
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- ^ Pontin, Jason (2007-08-12). "Who owns the concept if no one signs the papers?". The New York Times.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Cassidy, John (2006-05-15). "Me Media: How hanging out on the Internet became big business". The New Yorker.[permanent dead link]
- ^ McGinn, Timothy (2004-05-28). "Online facebooks duel over tangled web of authorship". The Harvard Crimson.