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Youtube is founded
Youtube is founded by founders Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawad Karim. All former PayPal employees. -
First Youtube Video
The first youtube video was called "Me at the zoo" and featured co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. http://tractro.appspot.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube -
Beta Test
Youtube offered a publlic beta test of the site 6 months before it's release in November 2005 http://tractro.appspot.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube -
Official Release
Youtube is officially released to the public in November of 2005. http://tractro.appspot.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube -
New Videos!
In July 2006 the company announced the website recieves 65,000 new videos every day. -
Google buys Youtube
Google announces that it has bought Youtube for $1.65 billion in Google stock and the deal was finalized on November 13th, 2006 http://tractro.appspot.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube -
Lawsuit
The choice of "Youtube.com" became a problem for a similarly named website, "utube.com". The site's owner, Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, filed a lawsuit against YouTube in November 2006. "utube.com" has since changed it's name to "utubeonline.com". http://tractro.appspot.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube -
Mobile
Youtube offered the option to watch videos in 3GP format on mobile phones. -
April fools
Since 2008, Youtube has done annual April fools jokes. -
High Resolution
Youtube now supports videos at 1080p resolution. in 2010, YouTube announced that it had launched a range of videos in 4K format, which allows a resolution of up to 4096x3072 pixels. http://tractro.appspot.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube -
Livestream
Youtube began free streaming of certain content, including 60 cricket games. According to YouTube, this was the first worldwide free online broadcast of a major sporting event. http://tractro.appspot.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube -
15 minute limit
The 10 minute video limit has been increased to 15 minutes. -
Videos
In April 2011, James Zern, a YouTube software engineer, revealed that 30% of videos accounted for 99% of views on the site http://tractro.appspot.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube -
Pilot Program
In May 2013, YouTube launched a pilot program to begin offering some content providers the ability to charge $0.99 per month or more for certain channels, but majority of it's videos are free to view. http://tractro.appspot.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube
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