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Bubble Burst
2000 was the year of the collapse of the "dot-com", resulting in huge losses for legions of investors. Hundreds of companies went bankrupt, and some never returned a profit to investors. The NASDAQ, which contained a large number of high-tech companies affected by the bubble peaked at more than 5,000 points, then lost 10% of its value in one day. Finally he bottomed out in October 2002. -
Launch Of Wikipedia
Wikipedia started in 2001 with the collapse of the "dot-com" still recent, and became one of the websites that paved the way for the collective generation of media web / social content. -
It Appears The VoIP
In 2003, Skype is released to the public, providing a user-friendly interface to make voice calls over IP. -
First Regulation US Senate On SPAM (CAN-SPAM)
Another important development in 2003 was the law of "Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003" (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing), better known as the CAN-SPAM Act. Although the law affected only the US, given the global Internet, affecting everyone. -
MySpace Becomes The Most popular Social Network
Also in 2003, MySpace opens its door and becomes laa be the most popular social network for a while, until being overtaken by Facebook. -
Web 2.0
Although coined in 1999 by Darcy DiNucci, the term "Web 2.0" refers to websites and highly interactive and user-oriented RIAs. It became popular around 2004 and was for the first Web 2.0 conference, where John Battelle and Tim O'Reilly described the concept of "the Web as a platform" software applications designed to take advantage of Internet connectivity, and It is away from the desk (which has downsides such as operating system dependency and lack of interoperability). -
"The" Facebook Open To College Students
Facebook was launched in 2004, although at that time it was only open to college students and was called "The Facebook"; later, "The" (El) was dropped from the name, but the original address is still operational: http://www.thefacebook.com. -
Social Media And Digg
The term "social media" is believed to be first used by Chris Sharpley, and was coined in the same year that "Web 2.0" became a general concept. Social media and web applications that allow users to create and share content and interact with other users, started around this period. Digg social news site, launched in November 2004, and paved the way for sites like Reddit, Digg, and Yahoo! Buzz. Digg revolutionized traditional means of generating and finding web content, making. -
YouTube – Streaming De Vídeo
YouTube was launched in 2005, providing users with free hosting and their videos and share them. -
Twitter Starts "Chirping"
Twitter was launched in 2006. Originally was to be called twittr (inspired by Flickr); the first Twitter message was "just setting up my twttr" (Only by setting my twttr). -
Important Step For The Series On The Internet
Hulu was launched in 2007, a joint venture between ABC, NBC and Fox to put online television series. Unfortunately, this service is only available in the US so in Spain we have to continue to use P2P networks and direct download to access this type of content. -
IPhone And Mobile Web
The most important development of 2007 was certainly the iPhone, which was almost solely responsible for a renewed interest in mobile web applications and design. -
First Tablet
*Kindle
*Nothing else is used to book readings. -
Internet Election
In 2008, during the elections for President of the United States, candidates began to seriously use all means at its disposal to obtain the highest number of votes and donations for their campaigns possible. Hillary Clinton rose to Youtube a series of videos of his campaign and virtually all candidates had a Facebook page or a Twitter account. Republican Ron Paul, broke the record of collections via the web, getting more than $ 4.4 million in a single day. -
Changes In ICANN Policy
ICANN, the body that regulates oficicial domain registrations was rigidly managed by the US, due to which the European regulators showed their discontent since the United States had too much power over a technology that used millions of thousands different nationalities. The final resolution was that the American government eased its involvement in the body for non-English languages.
