Web 2.0 Next: Companies Place Bets on Consumer Relationships and Collaboration
As Web 2.0 matures, new entrants are starting to find ways to extract value in innovative ways.
As Web 2.0 matures, new entrants are starting to find ways to extract value in innovative ways.
Blogs, Twitter, and YouTube feast on traditional media, but they change the agenda for millions in the meantime, as a recent Pew study shows.
Blogging platforms have morphed into web site and social media platforms. But now they’re moving into areas even farther afield, like books.
Open data initiatives by many governments will change balance sheets for publishers who have shifted toward this revenue source. Will the social benefits emerge?
Facebook continues to try to redefine identity as an addressable single element for its business model. Should we monkeys allow it?
Can Diaspora restore social networking to personal control?
Trends in mobile, cloud, and personal computing all point to a redefinition of privacy, with convenience and value competing effectively for preeminence.
This film from the early days of Facebook illustrates the perils of poor etiquette with online friendship generators.
One year later, Twitter’s business services plans seem to be rolling out.
Scientists seem uninterested in participating in social media offerings, as the rewards offered are generally of insufficient value to warrant the effort required. Instead of just hoping that scientists will suddenly see the value in your product, why not offer incentives for participation?
I recently read a paper from Los Alamos National Labs (LANL), “Using Architectures for Semantic Interoperability to Create Journal Clubs for Emergency Response.” Without diving too deeply into the technical weeds, what the paper describes is: [A] process for leveraging emerging […]
Facebook argues that its erosions of privacy reflect changing social norms. But is what it’s doing just plain wrong?
The Webby Awards’ People’s Voice competition is now over, and our little blog made a respectable showing, thanks to all your support.
Mobile computing is the norm, but it also creates easy trading ground for our privacy. Is this just the new normal?
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