Decade’s Top 10 Internet Moments

Nov 22nd, 2009 | 3 Comments

- Online video revolution in 2006 that led to a boom in homemade and professional content on the internet and helped reshape everything from pop culture to politics.

- Facebook opens to non-collage students and twitter takes off in 2006

- The iPhone debuts in 2007 and smartphones go from a luxury item to a necessity with an app for just about every aspect of modern life.

- American presidential campaign in 2008 in which the internet changed every facet of the way campaigns are run. Obama camp managed campaigns on web effectively.

- Iranian election protest in 2009 when twitter proved vital in organizing demonstrations and also as a platform for expressing dissent.

- Wikipedia, the free opensource encyclopaedia, launches in 2001 and today boasts more than 14 million articles in 271 different languages and bringing strangers together on projects.

- Napster shutdown in 2001, opening the file-sharing floodgates.

- Google AdWords launched in 2000 allowing advertisers to target their customers with laser-sharp precision.

- Craigslist, the free classifieds site, expands outside San Francisco in 2000, reshaping the way advertisements are placed.

Written by Ajay Matharu

November 22nd, 2009 at 2:07 am

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