techversary
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The Gloriously Inane First YouTube Video Was Uploaded 10 Years Ago Today
On April 23, 2005, YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded a masterpiece of mundanity to YouTube, his newly launched video portal. Behold.
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CSS Is 20 Years Old Today
Two decades ago, Opera’s Chief Technical Officer, Håkon Wium Lie, published a document that would change web design forever. It was called Cascading HTML style sheets — a proposal.
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NPR Got The Internet 20 Years Ago: Read The Memo
Exactly 20 years ago, NPR staffer Dennis Fuze circulated a memorandum to his colleagues announcing that the venerable public broadcasting powerhouse would be getting something called “internet”. In 2014, the memo seems adorably naive — which just shows you how much technology has evolved since 1994.
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Gmail Turns 10
Take heed, because there’s a lot of bad stuff out there on the internet today. But there’s one thing that’s very good and useful: it’s Gmail, and today your favourite email service is celebrating its 10th birthday.