Results: The History of News & Communication *Part Ninety-Six* Commercialization of the Internet

2001: Wikipedia is launched, with the dotcom collapse still going strong, Wikipedia launched in 2001, one of the websites that paved the way for collective web content generation/social media. Stallman's concept specifically included the idea that no central organization should control editing. This contrasted with contemporary digital encyclopedias such as Microsoft Encarta and Encyclopædia Britannica. In 2001, the license for Nupedia was changed to GFDL, and Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia as a complementary project. Do you use Wikipedia?

2003: VoIP goes mainstream In 2003: Skype is released to the public, giving a user-friendly interface to Voice over IP calling. In April 2011, Zoom began its journey. By September 2012, its first iteration beta was released. Within four months (Jan 2013), Zoom 1.0 became available to the public. Within five more months, Zoom had been used by one million different users. Zoom Phone is a leader in the VoIP industry. Zoom Phone helps businesses modernize their communications systems to cut costs, improve productivity, and achieve better business outcomes. Do you use ....?

2003: MySpace becomes the most popular social network as it opens up its doors. It later grew to be the most popular social network at one time (though it has since been overtaken by Facebook). Did you ever use Myspace?

2004: Web 2.0 Though coined in 1999 by Darcy DiNucci, the term "Web 2.0", referring to websites and Rich Internet Applications (RIA) that are highly interactive and user-driven became popular around 2004. During the first Web 2.0 conference, John Batelle and Tim O'Reilly described the concept of "the Web as a Platform": software applications built to take advantage of internet connectivity, moving away from the desktop, more portability. Were you aware of the differences between Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0?

2004: Social Media and Digg The term "social media", believed to be first used by Chris Sharpley, was coined in the same year that "Web 2.0" became a mainstream concept. Social media–sites and web applications that allow its users to create and share content and to connect with one another–started around this period. People loved the idea of being able to travel through their friends and families pictures and adventures, despite not being physically present. Digg was like a tabloid news source, did you ever use Digg?