What the Tech? YouTube turns 20

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What the Tech? YouTube turns 20

SHREVEPORT, La. -- It's hard to imagine a world without YouTube. Yet, this ubiquitous video platform is just celebrating its 20th birthday. That's right, the website that feels like it's been around forever actually started in 2005. And what began…

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What the Tech: YouTube birthday

It’s hard to imagine a world without YouTube. Yet, this ubiquitous video platform is just celebrating its 20th birthday. That’s right, the website that feels like it’s been around forever actually started in 2005. And what began as a quirky dating site has transformed into the most-viewed social media platform globally, even ranking as the second most visited website, right behind Google itself. From Dating Site to Video Giant Believe it or not,…

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YouTube has been around for twenty years and it is hard to overestimate the impact that this platform has had on the world of media, advertising, entertainment, and journalism in general. The history of the service begins on February 14, 2005, when Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim — former PayPal employees — launched a site that was originally intended to be an online dating service.

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WHAT THE TECH? YouTube celebrating 20th birthday during February

It's hard to imagine a world without YouTube. Yet, this ubiquitous video platform is just celebrating its 20th birthday.