Platform Origins

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On February 14, 2005, YouTube launched publicly with a simple home page and a single test upload. The first video was titled Me at the Zoo , featuring co-founder Jawed Karim at...

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On 23 April 2005, Jawed Karim, a cofounder of YouTube, stood in front of a camera at the San Diego Zoo and asked a simple question: “What is the first animal you think of when...

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