Founded in 1994, Ubique is notable for launching the first social-networking software, which included features such as instant messaging, voice over IP (VoIP), chat rooms, web-based events, and collaborative browsing.
This software required both server and client components, enabling users to overlay avatars onto their web browsers and collaborate in real-time as they visited websites.
The company's technology laid the foundation for the development of a sophisticated instant messaging and presence platform, which culminated in the creation of Lotus Sametime.
However, after the discontinuation of GNN in 1996, Ubique shifted its focus from consumer markets to corporate presence technology and instant messaging.
1994 – Ubique Ltd was founded in Israel by Ehud Shapiro and a group of scientists from the Weizmann Institute to develop real-time, distributed computing products.
The company developed a presence-based chat system known as Virtual Places along with real-time instant messaging and presence technology software.