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The World Wide Web is Created
Tim Berners-Lee wrote a proposal that would ater on become the World Wide Web. -
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Shaping Online Joiurnalism
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Aftonbladet launched
The first European new site -
Google goes live
The domain name for Google was registered. Google would then go live in 1998. This is a pivotal moment in digital history as Google has now become the largest, leading search engine online. This paved the way for people finding out more about things; whether it be news, information, etc. -
Blogger
Blogger defined what is now known to be blogging. Created by Pyra Labs (Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan) -
Wordpress was created
Wordpress is now one of the leading platforms that journalists use to publish and manage content online. -
Facebook Launches
Mark Zuckerberg launches "Thefacebook". It was then renamed as Facebook. -
Youtube Launched
Youtube is now the leading site for videos and merges with content from journalism. -
Twitter Launches
Twitter is used by artists, musicians, developers, etc. including journalists. It is a great way to hastily update people on what is going on.