Different timelines - different names

In other timelines the names of famous websites are not the same as here. For example youtube.com is called UTV.COM and it does the same thing allow U to post video for free. They have a slogan, UTV - TV where U are the star! Also, UTV is free! There is no 10 minute limit and they give out a million dollars every year for the best vid in a contest to get people to post. Also they offer low cost web hosting and free email.

Instead of Amazon.com you had booklook.com which started selling electronics so they merge with search engine look.com and drop the "book". Think of a merge between AMAZON and Google.

There is no yahoo.com and microsoft bought up eBUY (their version of EBAY) because people were using eBUY to sell CD ROMs of Microsoft software. Now Microsoft does not allow anybody to sell software over eBUY. This created a problem for eBOOK sellers because on that timeline people do not use PDF files but an eBOOK is an EXE. For example GROWBIGVEGETABLES.EXE cannot be sold over eBUY to prevent sales of illegal software.

Also, there is no paypal on this timeline which sux. People still use checks as they are afraid a hacker will break in and get their credit cards over a database. In this line people do not call 800 numbers and give out a credit card as that is dangerous.

So Microsoft is trying to place special machines in the home where you can sign a "virtual check" and send it over the internet without fraud. The machine reads your fingerprints.

Also, on this timeline cell phones are super expensive and you need a special permit to get one to prevent criminals from using them. Beepers are still pop on this line and the internet is not as advanced as here.

Digital Video Cameras are expensive >$20,000 so people take film photos and go to Kinkos where they can scan the photo $20/each. Some small shops will scan a photo for less like $5/photo, but the quality is low. Needless to say, most products on eBUY do not have a photo, unless it is a car or a house.

Home computers are still expensive about $5,000 each and laptops are at least $10,000, but intel promises to create a new chip that is both powerful and affordable. Needless to say only 10% of the population has a home PC and most students use the PC in the school library. There is a long line.