Activity 1.2 (05/03)

Web-based applications generally refer to online applications, which are created in order to allow users to use the application in the same fashion as their non-online desktop counterparts. An example of this would be Google’s implementation of document editing tools, which could be used online to replace the need for using a desktop equivalent e.g. [...]

Activity 1.1 (28/02)

What are the 6 key emerging technologies identified by the 2008 report?

Grassroot videos
Collaboration Webs
Mobile Broadband
Data Mash-ups
Collective Intelligence
Social operating Systems

Which of these technologies are you familar with, and in what context have either used them, or heard of them?
1. Grassroot videos are sites such as YouTube, which lets users upload their own edited/home-made videos, extremely popular [...]