CERN
CERN is the European Organisation for Nuclear Research. Its one of the worlds largest and most respected centres for scientific research.
Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world.
Web 1.0
Web 1.0 refers to the first stage in the World Wide Web, which was entirely made up of web pages connected by hyperlinks. Although the exact definition of Web 1.0 is a source of debate, it is generally believed to refer to the web when it was a set of static websites that were not yet providing interactive content.
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 is the name used to describe the second generation of the world wide web, where it moved static HTML pages to a more interactive and dynamic web experience. Web 2.0 is focused o the ability for people to collaborate and share information online via social media, blogging and web-based communities.
Social Media
YouTube - In 2005, three PayPal employees, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, decided it was time for them to branch out.
Their original concept was a dating website called "Tune In", Hook Up", which allowed users to post videos of themselves for others to view and decide whether or not to "hook up" with them.
Sadly, no one was willing to make use of the service and the concept failed.
Fortunately, the platform's video uploading and posting technology was sound, and when the group had a discussion about how hard it was to find a video online of Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction", during the 2004 Superbowl Halftime show, a concept began to form.
Realising that a user-friendly video sharing platform did not currently exist, the team sprung into action, and on February 14th 2005, the name of Tune In, Hook Up" was changed to "YouTube" and an internet phenomenon was born.
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