Web 2.0 News & Articles

Longform science journalism site Matter has been acquired by Medium, a collaborative online publishing platform. One interesting aspect of the acquisition is that both sites were founded in 2012.

Gamification and behavior management platform provider Badgeville has appointed Kevin Comee, an experienced cloud and social technology executive, as its new CEO.

Everyone knows that consumers these days do not buy a product or service without first going online to consult with a myriad of objective sites (ok, there are attempts at manipulation but savvy consumers know that) and forums to obtain third-party reviews and recommendations. But what about companies trying to decide if a particular solution or service vendor is the right one for them?

Enterprise middleware specialist TIBCO is releasing Nimbus Control 9. The latest iteration of TIBCO’s business process improvement solution includes, what the vendor calls, an intuitive Web user interface for a “purpose-driven” user experience.

According to a new report from web development platform provider Netbiscuits, smartphones are clearly the most popular means of mobile web access across the globe.

Our relationship with technology is constantly evolving. From the emergence of computers as consumer devices to the growth of the Internet as an information resource and then as a channel for communication and interaction, we have a more personal relationship with technology than at any other point in human history. It might have seemed that Web 2.0 was final step in our personal technology transition, but then came mobile.

Site design for those lacking in actual design skills is a problem that many seem to want to solve. Wix is a dab hand at creating Flash sites from a drag and drop system, now it offers the same for those needing a result in modern, sexy, smartphone-friendly HTML 5.

For you Digital Natives out there, this infograph from MBAonline.com will seem all too common, so please forgive us "over 35" crowd for taking a moment to muse on just how the Internet has changed everything (so far).

The annual technology spring break, South by Southwest Interactive (SxSWi) has concluded. This year’s conference featured almost 20,000 participants, over 1,000 sessions and countless vendors discussing and showcasing almost every emerging (and a few tried and true) technologies.

Social media used to be about posting the details of your weekend adventures and maybe a few embarrassing photos with a circle of friends. That’s no longer the case. Social media has evolved beyond its origins as a novelty for entertainment. The technology has become ubiquitous. Nowhere is that more apparent than at South by Southwest Interactive (SxSWi). Social media is integrated in almost everything we do -- shopping, travel, selecting or restaurant or finding a new employee. Now, the same thing is happening in the enterprise. 

Is web 2.0 a little passé by now? If it is, it makes this latest data a little unfortunate. According to a poll by SpamTitan Technologies, 76% of small and mid-size business surveyed stated that they are under pressure to allow more access to Web 2.0.

Twitter is acquiring social news aggregation service Summify. Summify is thrilled at the news. Unfortunately, Summify users are not. 

Google fell under new management this year, and the shake up resulted in some heavy changes. A new idea of what legitimate content should look like, a social network that the company refuses to call a social network, and the loss of an experimental playground are just a few. In case you missed a beat, here's a look back at the highlights.  

IBM and Eurotech submitted a proposal to the Eclipse Foundation open source community for a device connectivity solution that would connect smart objects with physical world systems.

With Major League Baseball in its hip pocket, not to mention Comcast and Warner Brothers, Starz and Fox News, Palo-Alto, Calif.-based Auditude announced it was acquired by Adobe to help open the company to the booming video advertising market. 

Some numbers floating around the net today from GigaOm suggest Adobe paid up to US$ 100 million for the company that will give Adobe a leg up in the ad management/analytics and all-important video monetization space that touches PCs, tablets, smartphones and connected (smart) TVs.