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Time names YouTube 'Invention of the Year'
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Associated Press
Date: Tuesday Nov. 7, 2006 12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK — YouTube has snagged top honours as Time magazine's "Invention of the Year for 2006.''
It beat out a vaccine that prevents a cancer-causing sexually transmitted disease and a shirt that simulates a hug.
Time says YouTube's scale and sudden popularity have changed the rules about how information -- along with fame and embarrassment -- gets distributed over the Web.
It says the video-sharing website came along at just the right time -- social-networking websites are hot, camcorders are cheap and do-it-yourself media is expanding beyond text-based blogs.
YouTube inherits the tiara from Snuppy, a cloned puppy and winner of the magazine's 2005 award.
YouTube was recently acquired by Google for 1.65 (b) billion dollars U-S.
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It is about time - as a grandparent I have watched our kids (who were allowed to fail although I do remember some nagging on our part) learn, I have watched our children now micro-manage their children. A big part of it is the fact that there are predators out there and an extreme reluctance on the parents part to alllow freedom that might result in the children becoming victims.
