Which Happened First?

Launch of X.com

Launch of X.com
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X.com was an American online bank founded by Ed Ho, Harris Fricker, Elon Musk, and Christopher Payne in 1999 in Palo Alto, California. It merged with competitor Confinity in March 2000, retaining the X.com name, and the company changed its name to PayPal in 2001.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Launch of Alibaba GroupJune 28, 1999
  2. Launch of Digital Spy1999
  3. Launch of PopMatters1999
  4. Launch of Shazam1999
  5. Launch of SourceForgeNovember 17, 1999
  6. Launch of X.com (this page)March 1999

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