That's right – YouTube was registered as a domain name on Feb. 14, 2005, though not by Internet giant and present owner Google.
"YouTube was registered as a domain name 10 years ago today, and yes, it's gone viral," said National Public Radio.
YouTube started out as a creation of PayPal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim.
The first video featuring Karim at the Zoo was uploaded to YouTube on April 23, 2005.
A separate article on The Next Web described YouTube as the "internet in its purest form," and the "audio-visual mirror of humanity’s digital experience."
"YouTube proved to be the answer to the emerging digital video conundrum. Phones and cheap point-and-shoot cameras were shooting lots of video, but what were you supposed to do with it? You could transfer it to DVD and send it to friends through the mail, but the Internet was supposed to make things like this easy," it said.
However, TNW also noted YouTube has not quite gotten out of the "mess of copyright violations." — Joel Locsin/LBG, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
