Year by Year
Reviews of specific years in internet history.
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What the Internet Was Like in 2006
In 2006, social networks like Facebook and YouTube ramp up, Twitter is born, Amazon invents cloud computing, web geeks obsess over RSS, and User Generated Content becomes king.
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What the Internet Was Like in 2005
2005 is the year Web 2.0 business begins to boom, with the acquisitions of Flickr and MySpace, the launch of YouTube and Reddit, and new innovations in RSS and web development.
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What the Internet Was Like in 2004
The next era of web technology starts in 2004 — when Flickr and Gmail launch, blogging plus RSS becomes the new social software, Google IPOs, and the first Web 2.0 Conference happens.