Tumblr
Tumblr (from tumblelog) is a website that provides users with a microblogging platform and social networking capabilities. Users can post various content that includes text and multimedia and follow the blogs of other users. The website offers a dashboard type of interface, providing easy access for blog posting and viewing other blogs being followed.
Tumblr was created by David Karp, who launched the site on April 27, 2007. Since then, it has grown to become a popular blogging website, registering 13.4 million unique visitors from the United States in July 2011. By July 2012, over 71 million posts were being made to the site every day, and as of July 2021, Tumblr hosted over 529 million blogs. Several famous individuals, including Lady Gaga and John Mayer, and Obama used or still use Tumblr. Tumblr's success earned David Karp recognition as the Best Young Tech Entrepreneur by BusinessWeek in 2009.
On May 20th, 2013, Yahoo! announced it was purchasing Tumblr for $1.1 billion. On June 13, 2017, Verizon acquires Tumblr when it purchases Yahoo! for $4.48 billion. Verizon later agrees to sell Tumblr to Automattic in August 2019.