Category 25

YouTube is one of the most influential platforms in modern media, but its origin story is surprisingly simple: a small team wanted an easier way to share video online. In the early 2000s, uploading and sending video files was slow, formats…

For over a decade every online slot ran inside a browser plug-in that no phone would ever support. Its removal was disruptive, overdue and almost entirely beneficial. Why Flash was used at all In 2005 nothing else could deliver vector…