Did you Know?... - Internet Titans

"Did you Know?..." - "Internet Titans; the Websites that changed the World"

- YouTube

- We all know that YouTube is one of the most visited sites globally, along with Google, Yahoo

and yes... Facebook. But what is the story behind YouTube?

This site was developed by three regular guys that were working for Paypal. The site was activated in 2005, on February the 15th; it was in development until May of that same year, when its creators offered the public a preview of the site, and six months later, Youtube made its official debut. It was not long before investors placed their eyes in this site. In November 2005 Sequoia Capital placed its hope on YouTube and invested 3.5 million dollars, and in April 2006 watching the success of the site, they invested another 8 million green.

In just months the site had already become one of the most popular,

visited sites in the US following the trail of MySpace. By October 9 2006, it was time for the king of kings to lay its eyes on YouTube; they announced the site was to be purchased for 1.65 billion USD in stock, by Google. In November 13 that very same year, after some rough negotiations, Google officially made its second largest acquisition.

Chad Hurley, Steve Chen & Jawed Karim, developers of YouTube are today, millionaire former Paypal Employees.

- Nowadays, as one of the most famous sites in the world, YouTube has become an indispensible website and its been talked it could officially become an ally in today's education. Deals are being made to create a new "section" in YouTube to be used in schools in order to encourage learning through interaction. If this happens a

new era will arrive for YouTube, and worldwide education.

Today, there is another site who has been fighting its way up the food chain, and today it has already reached a high ground in top visited sites. Yes... we are talking about Facebook. Stay in touch with our posts to learn a little bit more about this and some other Internet Titans; Websites that had changed the World.

"Did you Know?..." is a private section in this blogger and if used

you must add this image & tag Roberto Arrizon (A00957551).

On the contrary you'll be violating a trademark and your post

will be submitted to trial, with elimination as a possible result.

Please respect this trademark, follow the rules established,

and then feel free to create your own "Did you Know?..." posts!

Read More......

Did you Know?...

"Did you know?..."

... well, most of us are expecting the arrival of the movie called 2012. In this film by Roland Emmerich (yes, the director of "The day after Tomorrow" & "Independence Day") our world comes to an end, according to the Mayan prediction... or at least, an interpretation of this prediction. It is said that by the year 2012, that means in less than 3 years some sort of apocalypse will end the world. But how does this Mayan prediction really works? Did they actually predicted the end of the world by 2012?

There are many theories about what the Mayans meant when they talked about this year. The actual "prediction" of the Mayans does not really mention that earth will be destroyed, or that it will end; on the contrary, it talks about a new beginning. Some sort of revival for the world as we know it. It was said, that our "biological process is transforming" and it is approaching a culmination of a 26,000 year evolutionary program.

"This Grand cycle of evolution will culminate winter solstice, December 21, 2012 AD."

Unfortunately I cannot explain the entire prediction of the Mayans in one post, but if you're curious feel free to read more following this link to learn more about it:

http://www.13moon.com/prophecy%20page.htm

With this post I wanted to explain that, apart from this predictions, people have developed their own or ideas of what could happen. Some say the earth will end, such as in the film; some say aliens will visit the earth, maybe to help us, or maybe not. Others believe nothing will happen apart from some big natural event; an eclipse a huge thunderstorm, a volcano erupting etcetera.

We cannot know for sure. Whatever is going to happen, will happen, and we'll be here to witness what the Mayans predicted, that will change our world as we know it. We'll just have to wait and see.

Feel free to post your opinions on the subject; What do YOU think, will happen in 2012?

"Did you Know?..." is a private section in this blogger and if used

you must add this image & tag Roberto Arrizon (A00957551).

On the contrary you'll be violating a trademark and your post

will be submitted to trial, with elimination as a possible result.

Please respect this trademark, follow the rules established,

and then feel free to create your own "Did you Know?..." posts!

Read More......

Did you Know?...

It is funny to see that after so much time working on this blog, no one has actually established a "Did you Know?" section. So why not start now? Of course I'm going to have to set some copyright or trademark or something like that.

So now, I'm officially beginning this "Did you Know" section, and stick with us for further posts!

"Did you Know?..."

...that Hong Kong belonged to Great Britain some time ago. We are starting to talk about this in class, so I decided to post a brief introduction to this topic before we get deeper in class.

China lost Hong Kong to Great Britain during the Opium Wars of 1839 and it was in 1997, in Pekin, when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her Chinese counterpart Zhao Ziyang signed the "Joint Sino-British Declaration"; an historic agreement returning Hong Kong to China. Finishing a British rule of over 155 years and transferring Hong Kong from a British colony to a communist China marking a historic change and launching a new era in trading and diplomacy between this two countries. The Chinese president at the time Dent Xiaoping greeted Mrs. Thatcher and further celebration took place in the Great Hall of the People with several guests from Hong Kong.

Today, Hong Kong is one of the biggest, most powerful and populated cities in China & the world. City of opportunities, money & power, Hong Kong is... "The Crown Jewel" of China.

"Did you Know?..." is a private section in this blogger and if used

you must add this image & tag Roberto Arrizon (A00957551).

On the contrary you'll be violating a trademark and your post

will be submitted to trial, with elimination as a possible result.

Please respect this trademark, follow the rules established,

and then feel free to create your own "Did you Know?..." posts!

Read More......