Tag: internet

  • YouTube: Streaming Since 2005

    On this date in 2005, YouTube was founded. Here are some things you might not have known about the video-sharing site. It was created by three former PayPal employees named Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. The three differ on their inspiration for starting the company. Karim said it was because he couldn’t find…

  • Domain Names: Directing Traffic Since 1985

    On this date in 1985, the first Internet domain name, symbolics.com, was registered. Here are some things you may not have known about domain names and their history. Domain names are what identifies resources on the Internet. TriviaPeople.com is our domain name and .com is the world’s most popular top-level domain. Symbolics, the company that…