2005

Computer History of The Year 2005

By Tyler Gattie

  • The Founding of YouTube.

    The Founding of YouTube.
    YouTube is known to be used as a video-sharing source where the eye of many can watch, share, and like videos of all kinds. In 2020, YouTube hit an all-time high by being one of the most used apps on many platforms during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Many videos from YouTube can inspire ideas, enjoyment, and quite possibly a career path if someone is interested. Overall, YouTube is a good source for entertainment.

  • The Release of the Unity engine

    The Release of the Unity engine
    The Unity engine mostly focuses on the development of video games. The process itself can be done on many platforms on the computer such as Windows, macOS, and even Linux. Many different types of video games can be made in this said process, some games can be 3-d dimensional while some can be virtual reality. Many well-known games are made from Unity, and these games can break the internet by storm if played enough.

  • The founding of Etsy

    The founding of Etsy
    Etsy is known as a marketing website where consumers buy, sell, or even trade homemade items such as décor or clothing. Etsy first launched in the year 2005 by focusing on selling furniture to consumers, Etsy later progressed on selling more than just furniture. Now, Etsy is known to be one of the most successful marketing business on the web.

  • The Founding of Reddit

    The Founding of Reddit
    Reddit is known to be used by the public in a variety of ways. Reddit can be used in providing worldwide news to the public, Reddit can provide ratings by using poll votes, and Reddit can be used to share many different types of content on the platform like YouTube or Instagram. Just like YouTube, many people turned to Reddit to keep up to date on the world during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Reddit is known as a source to many for providing much information on a single post.

  • Shop.org phrasing "Cyber Monday"

    Shop.org phrasing "Cyber Monday"
    Shop.org took the web by storm when they first mentioned the term "Cyber Monday". Cyber Monday is known to be one of the busiest shopping days in the year when customers go on the web to buy discounted items for themselves or for their loved ones in the upcoming holidays.