Tags: “ Web 2.0 ”

Web 2.0, a term coined by Darcy DiNucci in her 1999 article “Fragmented Future,” describes the then-nascent rumblings of an internet disconnected from screenfuls of text and graphics loaded into a browser into an interconnected transport mechanism ... more

Mix together fuel, oxygen, and a spark, and it’s bound to happen—you’re going to get a fire.  Mix together the ubiquity of cell phone digital cameras, the seemingly-private but all-too-public realm of digital friends and networks of friends, the need ... more

As Web 2.0 becomes the business standard rather than the bleeding edge, web services—self-contained, self-identifying application components that communicate using open protocols on the web across multiple platforms—are becoming more and more prevalent.  With good reason, too:  their ... more

One of the world’s oldest and most widely recognized organized religions leaped into the deep end of the Web 2.0 pool last week, as Pope Benedict XVI unveiled his own YouTube channel.  The channel will broadcast ... more

Social networking has become very popular, almost a necessity for keeping in touch with friend, and also for business purposes – connecting with old colleagues, finding a new job, a free and easy way for businesses to get in front ... more

Gossip, rumor, half-truths, and flat-out lies are nothing new, of course—they’ve probably been with us since the time that early hominids developed the ability to communicate and interact.  But now what was once spread only by word of mouth,  or ... more

Not content merely with controlling the dissemination of all of mankind’s acquired knowledge, Google is now taking over the realm of global surveillance, as its master spy program, Google Earth, is now tracking the December 24th progress of ... more

In the dark days before there was such a thing as a personal computer, people had to manage their finances with a paper and pen.  Then along came the PC, and applications like Quicken and Money, ... more

Wareham, Massachusetts-based Local Motors, Inc., has embraced the Web 2.0 concepts of community, collaboration, and crowdsourcing in order to further its ambitious mission statement of rethinking the way automobiles are designed, built, marketed, and sold. “We want local people ... more

As the White House is poised to reach a deal this week with Congress to bail out the Big Three auto makers for $15 billion in taxpayer-funded relief, the Big Three is taking its message to the masses via the ... more

What is a social network? Simply put, a social network is a group of things connected to other things via specific interdependencies or relationships.  In the language of science, the things connected together are called “nodes,” and the relationships that bind ... more

According to Ad Age, due to the current financial crisis, raising money for an ad-supported web business is going to be tough for anyone who can’t demonstrate a clear, relatively quick path to profitability.  On a growth pace ... more

Hoping to wring every last possible dollar out of YouTube, Google’s immensely popular video sharing site, the company has introduced video search ads to the site.  The move comes as search traffic on YouTube vaulted over Yahoo to earn the ... more

One of the more useful aspects of a social network is its ability to transmit a common body of knowledge to its participants smoothly and evenly.  Just as a rising tide benefits all ships, a robust exchange of information in ... more

Aside from social networking, one of the core components to the whole Web 2.0 paradigm is video content.  Online users, remember, are a fickle bunch:  they’re not going to suffer through reams and reams of online text just so you ... more

The concept is simple, and its application is huge:  tag clouds that gauge the effectiveness of a brand logo.  With brandtags.net, creator Noah Brier has a marketing measurement tsunami on his hands. Just as the concept of ... more

Leave it to Louis Rossetto, the co-founder of Wired magazine, to understand that a great user experience goes beyond smooth, easy interactions with your customers, and extends all the way to every facet of your company—operations, employees, culture, even your ... more

On paper, it sounds like a great idea: an old, mainline news organization, looking to push the boundaries of news and news reporting, gives away a free iPhone app so that concerned “citizen journalists” can upload breaking news to its ... more

Everyone has a friend who can quote even the most obscure movie lines verbatim.  Now, with VooZoo, Facebook users can “quote” lines and scenes from Paramount films to their friends by sharing the actual film clip with them. Released ... more

According to AdAge, in a talk at the Lehman Brothers Back to School Consumer Conference, Kellogg Co. Chief Marketing Officer Mark Baynes told the group that for its Special K brand, its Return on Investment (ROI) for online ... more

The Web 2.0 concept of social networking has become so ubiquitous that software is now being written specifically to account for it—including web browsers specially designed to accommodate such things as social networking sites, picture and video sharing sites, and ... more

Google officially threw its hat into the web browser ring this week when it introduced Chrome, a new open-source web browser designed to handle the next generation of web-based content and technology.  Chrome was available for download on ... more

A new product is out in beta testing mode which could change the way we interact when browsing the internet.  As a person surfs the web, they find interesting content and want to share what they've found with a friend.  ... more

Humor and politics have always gone hand in hand. Pundits crack jokes about the candidates, late night comedy shows lampoon their mannerisms and spouses, and cartoonists draw exaggerated depictions of their statures, ears (cough*Obama*cough), and swollen glands (cough*McCain*cough). This year, even ... more

The market for documentary films is fairly small. Those who enjoy the genre are usually stuck with the offerings of local art theaters, or at the very least, Netflix's library. However, a new platform is making documentaries available to wider ... more

Huddle up! It’s time to gather and learn about a new social networking tool called Huddle. It’s basically a football-oriented version of Facebook and has already been introduced to the National Football League. With it, the possibilities are potentially endless. Huddle ... more

Your favorite team is located across the country from where you live. What do you do? Maybe you can't watch them unless you have Direct TV, but thanks to live blogging you can follow the game on the internet. Even ... more

Intellipedia, the dynamic cross-agency repository of intelligence information, celebrated its second anniversary this year.  Functioning much like the familiar Wikipedia online encyclopedia program, Intellipedia helps Department of Defense, CIA, FBI, and other intelligence agencies search for and contribute to subjects ... more

Wedding photo albums used to be comprised of professional shots taken by the photographer.  Then came disposable cameras and event coordinators everywhere started placing these little cardboard quick-snaps on each table for candid shots.  More recently, people have started using ... more

While Ebay markets its services to professional sellers and buyers, another internet startup is attempting to get back to the roots of Ebay's success. The idea that "one man's trash is another man's treasure" is the foundation of ... more