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Web 2.0: An umbrella term for the second wave of the World Wide Web, which was coined by O'Reilly Media (www.oreilly.com) and CMP Media (www.cmp.com) in their 2004 and subsequent conferences on...; Full Web 2.0 Definition >>

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CIO Sessions: State of California CIO Teri Takai: Teri Takai, the State of California's CIO, talks to CNET's Dan Farber about overseeing an IT organization with more than 130 CIOs and 10,000 technology workers. She also discusses California's e-government initiatives from going green to managing costs during tough economic times. 2 minute Video Shorts Short on...; Tags: CIO, California, E-government, Web 2.0, Government, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-26
News to know: Macs on sale, YouTube goes wide, Twitter, Cisco: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: A rare occurrence: Macs on sale Jason D. O'Grady: Apple retail stores to match prices Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple prepares for Black Friday blow-out! ...; Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Telemarketing, AJAX, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Digital Media, Marketing, Marketing Research, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-11-26
Move over, Ajax. Here comes Microsoft's 'Kojax': The latest Microsoft mobile-related development about which I'm most intrigued is codenamed "Kojax.". Kojax is a mobile development platform, according to my sources, that will allow Microsoft- -- and third-party-developed -- applets run in an Ajax-like way on Java-based mobile phones. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Applet, Kojax, Advertising & Promotion, AJAX, Marketing, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-11-25
State of California CIO: E-governing with Web 2.0: Teri Takai, CIO of the State of California, discusses how she plans to use collaboration and knowledge sharing tools to help communicate with the federal government on various programs such as homeland security, health care and education.; Tags: Web, CIO, California, Web 2.0, Homeland Security, Federal Government, Internet, Government, State of California CIO, CIO Sessions; Videos 2008-11-25
The uncertainties of social media for traditional brands: Guest post: Drew Bartkiewicz is a vice president of Technology and New Media Markets for The Hartford, and author of the upcoming book, Unseen Liability. In today's 24/7 business world, companies and their customers are consuming, sharing and storing data at an unprecedented rate. This data has...; Tags: Web, Brand, Network, Social Media, Tiffany, Web 2.0, Intellectual Property, Internet, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-25

E-governing with Web 2.0: Teri Takai, CIO of the State of California, discusses how she plans to use collaboration and knowledge sharing tools to help communicate with the federal government on various programs such as homeland security, health care and education. by Administrator; Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Homeland Security, Federal Government, Internet, Government, Administrator; Blog posts 2008-11-24
Web 2.0 security? What a mash: * Ryan Naraine is away on vacation. Guest editorial by Guillaume Lovet Ah, Web 2.0. Its endless composition of heterogeneous sources (aka "mash-up") possibilities, its social networking-oriented nature, its user-provided content... A Web adapted to today's powerful machines, linking people together in world...; Tags: Google Inc., Web, Facebook, Codec, YouTube Inc., Video, Web 2.0, Corporate Communications, Channel Management, Security, Internet, Marketing, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-11-24
Making clouds a move forward: For a decade I've been writing about Web sites, about e-commerce companies, and about Web 2.0 outfits that hit a wall of scaling. When users "rush to the rail" even systems like Twitter can slow down or crash. The real promise of clouds is to end this fear. by Dana...; Tags: Web, Cloud, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Construction, Web Site Development, Internet, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn, Cloud Computing; Blog posts 2008-11-13
Spoke resorts to fear tactics, loses credibility: Other companies, especially Web 2.0 and social networking companies, can learn a valuable lesson from Spoke's antics. by Jennifer Leggio; Tags: Web 2.0, Social Networking, Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio, Job, E-mail; Blog posts 2008-11-12
Solar activism meets social networking: Aside from green tech, I regularly write about practical business applications for Web 2.0 technologies and services. (Yes, there are remarkably many.) So I was quite interested to notice that a grassroots community solar organization that I wrote about last month, One Block Off the Grid, was snapped up this...; Tags: Network, California, Activism, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-11-11
Kevin Kelly points to the Semantic Web at Web 2.0 Summit: Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco last week, Wired founding editor Kevin Kelly painted a compelling picture of the opportunities created as we increasingly open our data up for linking. Reprising and building upon an earlier presentation that has been discussed here previously, Kelly...; Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-11-10
Al Gore electrifies Web 2.0 Summit: Environmental Activist and former Vice President, Al Gore talks about the internet, electricity, and the past presidential election at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.; Tags: Web, Al Gore, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, News, al gore, climate change, green, internet, barak obama, environmet; Videos 2008-11-10
Gore at Web 2.0: Nice ideas among the gobbledegook: Gore at Web 2.0: Nice ideas among the gobbledegookWhat?Can someone please tell me what this man is talking about? Gobbledegook is right. This man is out of his mind.; Tags: Channel management, Gore, Web 2.0, Gobbledegook, Web; Discussion threads 2008-11-10
Gore at Web 2.0: Nice ideas among the gobbledegook: Web 2.0 - like a puppy(?!) - needs a purpose. Saving the Earth is probably a pretty good one. But based on reports Al Gore's speech was long on spiritual meanderings and short on Web2 specifics. by Richard Koman; Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-11-10
The End of the Party: Obama's use of the Internet and social nets, plus his embrace of decentralized, self-organizing hives of volunteers, changed elections forever. It will also change governing. Indeed, Obama has shown that a 21st century politician has no need for political parties -- and that will have huge ramifications for decades to...; Tags: Party, Obama, Internet, Richard Koman, Web, Banking, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Financial Services, Marketing; Blog posts 2008-11-09
Al Gore's 'Unified Smart Grid' vision for repowering the USA - will it happen?: This week's Web 2.0 Summit was characterized by some very big picture ideas culminating in final keynote speaker former US vice president Al Gore laying out his vision for a 'Unified National Smart Grid': a new, state of the art integrated electrical infrastructure for the...; Tags: Web, Vision, Al Gore, Grid, Web 2.0 Summit, Michael Wesch, Web 2.0, Transportation, Internet, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-11-08
WhiteHouse.gov will never be the same: As I noted in 'The Connected President', this will be the most Web-centric administration ever. The Washington Times calls it "a YouTube presidency," noting the president-elect has already launched Change.gov. by Richard Koman; Tags: Richard Koman, Connected Corp., Workforce Management, Channel Management, Human Resources, Marketing, Web, President, YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Web 2.0, Internet; Blog posts 2008-11-07
Ballmer: We're not interested in Yahoo anymore: Updated: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the software giant has no intention of making a new offer for Yahoo--even though the Internet company is on sale relative to its first offer. Via ZDNet Australia Techmeme Speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia CEDA lunch...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Public Relations, Web 2.0, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Structures, Internet, Corporate Law, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-07
Yes, we can go paperless...so what's the cost/benefit?: Regular readers know that not only am I something of a tree-hugger, but I've recently become convinced that social media (not MySpace and Facebook, but the wide variety of Web 2.0, collaboration, and communication tools available to us on the Web) can have a very important place in education. ...; Tags: School, Student, Teacher, Computer, Productivity, Web 2.0, Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-11-06
Official tethering coming soon to the iPhone: At Web 2.0 AT&T Mobility President and CEO Ralph De La Vega announced that AT&T is working with Apple to officially release iPhone tethering "soon." Tethering allows another computer (i.e. a notebook) to piggyback on a phone's 3G Internet connection. It will be interesting to see what...; Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., 3G, Smart Phones, Web 2.0, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-11-06