Antisocial networking

Hopefully, the news report in Red Herring that Friendster has acquired a patent on social net­working won’t mean that the article I’ve been writing on the subject won’t be out-​​​​of-​​​​date by the time it comes out. The patent, applied for in 2003 and awarded June 27th, applies to a “system, method, and appar­atus for

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Introduction to Web 2.0 and Business

The signs of Web 2.0 are clear. Look for some aspect of com­munity col­lab­or­a­tion, of user-​​​​generated content, of the ability to cus­tomise the content, of a desktop-​​​​like applic­a­tion exper­i­ence. But why exactly should we care? In the words of a BusinessWeek headline on June 5, 2006, why is that “Web 2.0 Has Corporate America Spinning”?

Users benefit

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