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2008 October - The government part-nationalises three leading UK banks with a 37 billion pound rescue package. It may not be as exciting as the Apple App Store, but it is sure to grow with time. Android - Google was all over the board this year, and launching their own mobile phone OS was no different.
From the rise of major products and services to history making events, take a walk with us down memory lane as we revisit the moments, some better than others, that got all of us talking throughout the year. Weird & Wacky, Copyright © 2020 HowStuffWorks, a division of InfoSpace Holdings, LLC, a System1 Company. They did meet their goal despite having site problems throughout the day due to traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.
More celebrities joined Twitter, members of Motrinmoms got a company to change their advertising and on the flip side, members started advertising with Twittad and the like.
So those are 10 of many memorable moments from 2008 that'll be recorded in the annals of history. Though not enough time has passed for us to be able to tell its lasting effects yet, it is almost impossible to think that we won't someday look back at this as a turning point of some kind for the Internet culture.
( Log Out / After 63 quarters of expansion, the UK economy got smaller for five quarters in a row UK gross domestic product (GDP) per quarter Twitter - Twitter felt like it came into its own in 2008. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. 3: An Undiscovered Tribe is Discovered -- Kind Of.
We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. How will the U.S. government spend the $700 billion bailout funds? ( Log Out / “Moving abroad – the internal world of (Brazilian) migrants under the light of psychoanalysis” by Denise Garcia, “The importance of the daily activities of the Brazilian (migrants) in London in their identity formation” by Gustavo Dias, ‘Transnational practices, local attachment and place-based identity among Brazilians in Gort, Ireland’ by Olivia Sheringham. Presidential Election - The Internet played a large part in the 2008 US Presidential election. Better Business Bureau Accredited Business. And how exactly was the $700 billion in the bailout plan allocated to be spent? Despite being around for a few years, this year showed explosive growth.
Our 2008 review of news events will spare you ink-smudged fingers. DivX made it possible to stream files in their codec to your TV via a media streamer, and Joost released an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows you to watch any of their 46,000+ videos anywhere you have access to Wi-Fi. Old Media/Death of Print Media - Just about everyone and their horse is saying that old media is in its death throes. Change ), Brazilian Migration to the UK Research Group. Among many other events, October saw Lord Lucan leading The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava (pictured above) during the Crimean War – famously recorded in Tennyson’s poem. Podcasting - More and more people are getting into podcasting as services like Talkshoe make it as easy as picking up your phone to make one. Whatever the cause was, it was fascinating to watch the sea of hate on Twitter grow into a virtual tsunami in a matter of moments. ©2020 The global food shortage provoked an instance of cannibalism in Russia, and in Kuyera, Ethiopia, it has led to severe cases of malnutrition. President-elect Barack Obama addresses supporters during a town hall style meeting at Indiana University. Is torture ever legal?
As part of our look back at 2008, we asked broadcasters, editors, and correspondents representing the 20 countries and 28 languages in which RFE/RL broadcasts to … Brazilian Kuikoro Indians share food prior to their Kuarup ceremony in August 2005. Whether it be video for budding citizen journalists, posting endless streams of videos to YouTube, or streaming video because you're stuck in an airport, it feels like everyone has hopped on board. A man poses with his baby outside of the National Stadium or "Bird's Nest" in Beijing.
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