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November 20, 2009, Friday
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THE launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of US President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.
"The recurring theme among all of the milestones on our list is the Internet's capacity to circumvent old systems and put more power into the hands of ordinary people," said David-Michel Davies, the executive director of The Webby Awards.
The awards are presented by the New York-based International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
Here is The Webby's list of the 10 most influential Internet moments of the decade:
-- Craigslist, the free classifieds site, expands outside San Francisco in 2000, affecting newspaper publishers everywhere.
-- Google AdWords launches in 2000, allowing advertisers to target customers with laser-sharp precision.
-- Wikipedia, the free open-source encyclopaedia, launches in 2001 and today boasts more than 14 million articles in 271 languages.
-- Napster is shut down in 2001, opening the file-sharing floodgates.
-- Google offers its IPO in 2004, putting the search engine on the path to powering countless aspects of everyday life.
-- Online video booms in 2006 with the emergence of YouTube. It leads to a stampede of homemade and professional content on the Internet and helps reshape everything from pop culture to politics.
-- Facebook opens to non-college students and Twitter takes off in 2006.
-- The iPhone debuts in 2007 and smartphones go from a luxury item to a necessity with an app for just about every aspect of modern life.
-- Obama's US presidential campaign in 2008 uses the Internet to alter every aspect of how campaigns are run.
-- Iranian election protests in 2009 show Twitter's power to share street information worldwide.
"The recurring theme among all of the milestones on our list is the Internet's capacity to circumvent old systems and put more power into the hands of ordinary people," said David-Michel Davies, the executive director of The Webby Awards.
The awards are presented by the New York-based International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
Here is The Webby's list of the 10 most influential Internet moments of the decade:
-- Craigslist, the free classifieds site, expands outside San Francisco in 2000, affecting newspaper publishers everywhere.
-- Google AdWords launches in 2000, allowing advertisers to target customers with laser-sharp precision.
-- Wikipedia, the free open-source encyclopaedia, launches in 2001 and today boasts more than 14 million articles in 271 languages.
-- Napster is shut down in 2001, opening the file-sharing floodgates.
-- Google offers its IPO in 2004, putting the search engine on the path to powering countless aspects of everyday life.
-- Online video booms in 2006 with the emergence of YouTube. It leads to a stampede of homemade and professional content on the Internet and helps reshape everything from pop culture to politics.
-- Facebook opens to non-college students and Twitter takes off in 2006.
-- The iPhone debuts in 2007 and smartphones go from a luxury item to a necessity with an app for just about every aspect of modern life.
-- Obama's US presidential campaign in 2008 uses the Internet to alter every aspect of how campaigns are run.
-- Iranian election protests in 2009 show Twitter's power to share street information worldwide.
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