[today in history] April 23: the first video uploaded on YouTube; Netease cloud music officially launched; The inventor of digital audio player was born

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It's today 2022 year 4 month 23 Japan , World reading day . stay 1564 On this day in , Shakespeare, one of the most outstanding writers in the world, was born ;1616 On this day in , Shakespeare and Cervantes, Spain's greatest writer, died . There are other great writers whose birthdays are also on this day , For example, the Nobel Laureate in literature raquesnes 、 Russian writer Nabokov .1995 year , UNESCO stipulates that 4 month 23 World Book and Copyright Day , abbreviation “ World reading day ”. Review the history of computers 4 month 23 Japan , What key events happened on this day ？

1956 year 4 month 23 Japan ： The inventor of digital audio player Kane Kramer born

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Kaine · Crane （Kane Kramer） Born in 1956 year 4 month 23 Japan , He is an inventor in England . stay 1979 year , That is him. 23 At the age of , He invented a technology called IXI The music player ; This player is only the size of a credit card , There is a rectangular screen above it , There are buttons in four directions below , The music is stored in a replaceable chip . More Than This , Kramer proposed the idea of using telephone lines to spread music at that time . He registered a global patent for the invention , But in 1988 year , Because there is not enough money to extend the patent , Patents have entered the public domain .

stay 2007 year ,Burst.com Claim Apple's iPod Infringed his patent right , Apple invited Kramer to the United States to explain that his invention was earlier than Burst.com Patents . Then the two companies reached a settlement . however , As iPod The inventor of the concept , Kramer didn't get much economic benefit from it . He claims he can't afford iPod, And apple gave him iPod He also used it up . Now , Kramer is still working in technical fields such as portable data processing and storage systems , He is the president of the British Inventors Association and the organizer of the British invention exhibition and the World Invention Award , In his spare time, he will make movies 、 Organize a concert , Cultivate sentiment .

source ： Wikipedia 、 Baidu Encyclopedia

2005 year 4 month 23 Japan ：YouTube Upload the first video

YouTube Founded on 2005 year 2 month , Top three PayPal Employee ： Find out · hurley 、 Chen Shijun 、 Judd · Karim founded ; Same year 4 month 23 Japan ,YouTube The first upload video , The title is “ I'm at the zoo ”. For PayPal Before work , Chad studied design at Indiana University in Pennsylvania , Chen Shijun worked together at the University of Illinois in Urbana - Champaign studies computer science .YouTube The original intention is to facilitate the sharing of video clips between friends , Later, it gradually became the memory repository and work publishing place of netizens . Like many companies starting with new technologies ,YouTube At the beginning, it was also founded by angel investors , The office is just in a humble garage .

2006 year 11 month ,Google The company uses 16.5 US $100 million acquisition YouTube, And operate it as a subsidiary .Google Initially about how to get through YouTube profit , Always maintain a cautious attitude . Post acquisition YouTube Still popular with Internet users all over the world . Citibank analysts believe that , With 2012 Annual calculation ,Google from YouTube get 24 Hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue . nothing Google Users of the account can still watch YouTube Video in , But I can't upload videos and messages . Registered users can upload unlimited videos .

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Now ,YouTube Has become the leader of video and audio websites , Not only attract audiences in the entertainment music market , And successfully turn the huge traffic into a community platform , And stimulate the online creative industry , For example, every year YouTube Celebrity performances YouTube FanFest The number of viewers and income are quite amazing , At the same time, enterprises apply for official accounts for advertising and online media 、NGO The promotion of public relations and so on , Become another successful business model of Silicon Valley culture innovation , Of course, it's also because of hardware support , Can bear the huge amount of information and develop , There is also the popularity and popularity gained by the right opportunity to start a business .

Despite a large number of user support , But under the fierce competition of similar websites, content becomes more important , therefore , In recent years YouTube My eyes began to focus on the well-known producers on the Internet ;YouTube I think highly of these people who have millions of subscriptions , Will give them trophy feedback and official party invitations 、 And higher salaries, dividends and so on （ This kind of professional video creator is called YouTuber）. Pursue high click through rate , It has become one of the ways for many people in the world to obtain wealth .

source ： Wikipedia 、 Baidu Encyclopedia

2013 year 4 month 23 Japan ： Netease cloud music officially launched

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NetEase cloud music （NetEase Cloud Music） It's China Netease since 2013 year 4 month 23 A music platform based on Netease cloud service launched on the th , In addition to providing major music playback 、 Outside the download and search service , It also provides music and social functions , Such as song reviews 、 Acoustic fingerprint （ Listening to songs and recognizing music ）、 According to the song list of historical playback records 、 Geographical location recognition, etc . Netease cloud music with its personalized recommendation （ Including daily recommendations 、 private FM、 Cardio mode ） As a selling point , Once launched, it became popular in the application market that year .

Netease cloud music now supports iOS、Android、Windows、 Linux Multiple operating systems including . By 2017 year 11 month , The number of Netease cloud music users exceeds 4 Billion , The user creates a song list 4 One hundred million , The number of user comments reached 4 One hundred million . Because many record companies （ Such as King Records） Ask users to charge for digital albums , More and more music on Netease cloud music began to change into the mode of paid listening and downloading , Music in lossless format is fully charged , There are also some music that can't be played because Netease hasn't been authorized yet ; stay 2018 year 3 Monthly mobile terminal 5.0.0 After the update , Netease cloud reconstructs the user interface of the mobile terminal , Put the video module that was not very attractive on the home page . This means that Netease began to pay attention to the short video function of cloud music .

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