Lalitha's Blog: What new technologies have you been introduced to this week through the resources?

Following are some of technologies been introduced through the resources :

Web 2.0 - Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. Web 2.0 basically refers to the transition from static HTMLWeb pages to a more dynamic Web that is more organized and is based onserving Web applications to users.

Wikis - Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. It serves many different purposes, such as knowledge management and co-operating. It’s a way of fast communication.

RSS- Feeds are generally known as RSS ('Really Simple Syndication') which are just web pages, designed to be read by computers rather than people.You can also access RSS feeds directly from pages on the site - the orange RSS icon will appear when a feed is available.

BLOGS- A blog is also known as Weblog. It is a personal online diary or you can say journal which allows you to share your thoughts and ideas , you can add video, games, pictures, music, you can read comments visitor leave on your blog. you can do all these things without the need of any programming knowledge.Some websites are given below where you can make blogs very easily and quickly

Twitter - is an online social networking to connect to their interests, to share information, and find out what's happening in the world right now. Anyone can read, write and share messages of up to 140 characters on Twitter. These messages, or Tweets, are available to anyone interested in reading them, whether logged in or not. Your followers receive every one of your messages in their timeline - a feed of all the accounts they have subscribed to or followed on Twitter. This unique combination of open, public, and unfiltered Tweets delivered in a simple, standardized 140-character unit, allows Twitter users to share and discover what’s happening on any device in real time.

Open-Source- refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge,

Mashup- A mashup combines web content( such as news articles, blogs, photos and videos) with some kind of other functionality, creating a hybrid service from two or more different sources.

Podcast-Podcasts are audio content available on the internet that can be automatically delivered to a personal computer or MP3 player – simply put it, podcasts are audio on the web(Geoghegan and Klass, 2005). The podcasts have given the user an opportunity to listen to recorded intellectual outputs online without any additional software and to download for later use.

Flickr- Flickr is a powerful program that allows you to share pictures with friends and families and the world.

Google docs- is a free, Web-based office suite and data storage service. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. Google Docs combines the features of Writely and Spreadsheets with a presentation programincorporating technology. Data storage of files up to 1 GB total in size

Library thing- is a social cataloging web application for storing and sharing book catalogs and various types of book metadata. This online service is to help people catalog their books easily. You can access your catalog from anywhere—even on your mobile phone.

Youtube-YouTube is a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos

Drop box- Dropbox is a cloud storage provider (sometimes referred to as an online backup service) that is frequently used as a file-sharing service.

We have been also introduced to the theory of Web 3.0 as well :

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