Webwereld
{{Short description|Dutch IT news website (1995–2020)}}
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| founded = 1995
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| founder = Oscar Kneppers
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Webwereld was a Dutch online newspaper about IT by the International Data Group. It was the oldest Dutch technology website until it was discontinued in 2020.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-19|title=Oudste Nederlandse techsite Webwereld stopt ermee|url=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/tech/artikel/5027871/oudste-nederlandse-techsite-webwereld-stopt-ermee|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-18|website=RTL Nieuws|language=nl|archive-date=2021-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518122049/https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/tech/artikel/5027871/oudste-nederlandse-techsite-webwereld-stopt-ermee}}
History
Webwereld was founded in 1995 by Oscar Kneppers, who got the idea after visiting Silicon Valley in the summer of that year. Another Dutch tech website Tweakers.net was founded in 1998 after Femme Taken concluded that the moderation on Webwereld was too strict.{{Cite web|title=Tweakers 21 jaar: in gesprek met de oprichters|url=https://tweakers.net/reviews/7376/tweakers-21-jaar-in-gesprek-met-de-oprichters.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Tweakers.net|language=NL|archive-date=2021-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518123616/https://tweakers.net/reviews/7376/tweakers-21-jaar-in-gesprek-met-de-oprichters.html}}
In August 2011, Webwereld published about court documents in the Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. lawsuit.{{Cite web|title=Apple's "Inaccurate Evidence" Debacle, Part 2: Smartphone Edition|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/19/apples-inaccurate-evidence-debacle-part-2-smartphone-edition/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-19|website=TechCrunch|date=19 August 2011 |language=en-US|archive-date=2021-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802142930/https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/19/apples-inaccurate-evidence-debacle-part-2-smartphone-edition/}} In October 2011, Webwereld started Lektober (portmanteau of leak and October in Dutch) where they publicized about a security bug every day of the month in a website of a well-known Dutch organization.{{Cite web|title=Elke dag een lek bij Webwereld|url=https://nos.nl/l/278964|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|date=4 October 2011 |language=nl|archive-date=2021-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802142934/https://nos.nl/video/278964-elke-dag-een-lek-bij-webwereld}} In 2011, Trans Link Systems considered suing Webwereld because they sold RFID writers that could be used for free traveling in Dutch public transport.{{Cite web|date=2011-02-16|title=TLS onderzoekt stappen tegen Webwereld.nl|url=https://www.nu.nl/internet/2448239/tls-onderzoekt-stappen-webwereldnl.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-18|website=NU.nl|language=nl|archive-date=2021-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518122047/https://www.nu.nl/internet/2448239/tls-onderzoekt-stappen-webwereldnl.html}}
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External links
- {{Official website|https://webwereld.nl}}