Richard MacManus at Read/Write Web has compiled an interesting list of future trends for the web. Highlights below:
10 Future Web Trends
by Richard MacManus
We’re well into the current era of the Web, commonly referred to as Web 2.0. Features of this phase of the Web include search, social networks, online media (music, video, etc), content aggregation [...]
I haven’t used online video editors before but JayCut’s flash uploader was easy to use and supported video, photo, and audio in multiple formats. To add clips, music, transitions, or effects to the time line I just placed them into the editor. Once the files were uploaded they were converted to flash for the editor [...]
In this article by Jennifer Woodard Maderazo at PBS’s Mediashift, most smartphones are classified as not very smart. One of the culprits according to her are media companies that aren’t stepping up to the plate to create content that is compatible with the over 70 million smartphones sold last year. Her hope is that the [...]
An interesting development from the Publishing Group of America in a post from Editor & Publisher, the company is going to start pushing paid content from their magazines to each subscriber through their cell phones.
PGA Extends Content to Mobile Phones
By E&P Staff July 10, 2007
NEW YORK Publishing Group of America (PGA), the company behind the [...]
In a recent piece by Alex Iskold on “The Physics of the iPhone” on Read/WriteWeb, which is a follow up to a recent article, Iskold says that:
“The iPhone is not only a breakthrough handheld device, it is a device that brings a mesh of digital and physical to the masses. Apple achieved it by turning [...]
Rory O’Conner on AlterNet recently wrote about a meeting in Seoul, South Korea, of citizen journalists sponsored by OhmyNews.com. Coming out of that meeting was the realization that the opportunities for citizen journalists are in place, but that content management and editorial accountability are the largest hurdles to overcome. Professional news organizations are starting to [...]
This is a must read. Alex Iskold on Read/WriteWeb writes about the transition from “Digital Life” to “Life Digital” and its impact on how we interact with the world around us. He writes in the article Digital Life vs Life Digital: Our Inevitable Digital Future:
“…where these technologies become really interesting is when you combine them [...]
In the past I have discussed mobile phones and the importance of social networking to the future of traditional news media. Recently, Nokia announced that it would launch a mobile newspaper in India. This will give individuals the ability to access news anywhere at anytime. My feeling is that cell phones have the potential, especially [...]
According to a story from the New York Times this Sunday, cellphones may soon become the king of content. Large media companies, like CBS and MTV, and news organizations like The Associated Press are investing in original cellphone content. We need to discuss how our content can be utilized in this expanding market and if [...]
A photo and video sharing startup called Kyte, received funding from cell phone maker Nokia recently. Nokia invested in Kyte to help with the start-up of Kyte’s video service, kyte.tv. Kyte allows Internet users to create their own television channel and broadcast it on the Web, through blogs, social networks, and cell phones. Users can [...]
YouTube co-founder Steve Chen tells Web users at a forum on Internet development in Taipai, that consumers will have access to YouTube on their cellphones by 2008. - more
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