FEATURES OF

WEB 2.0
 THE KEY FEATURES OF WEB 2.0
1. FOLKSONOMY
- ALLOWS USERS
TO CATEGORIZE
AND CLASSIFY/
ARRANGE
INFORMATION
USING FREELY
CHOSEN
KEYWORDS
Eg. TAGGING
2. RICH USER EXPERIENCE

- CONTENT IS
DYNAMIC AND
IS RESPONSIVE
TO USER’S
INPUT.
3. USER PARTICIPATION
- THE OWNER OF THE WEBSITE IS NOT
ONLY ONE WHO IS ABLE TO PUT
CONTENT.

Eg. Amazon.com
Online Stores
4. LONG TAIL
- SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED ON DEMAND
RATHER THAN ON A ONE – TIME
PURCHASE.

- THIS IS SYNONYMOUS TO SUBSCRIBING

TO A DATA PLAN THAT CHARGES YOU FOR
THE AMOUNT OF BANDWIDTH YOU USED.
5. SOFTWARE OF A SERVICE

•- USERS WILL SUBSCRIBE TO A

SOFTWARE ONLY WHEN
NEEDED RATHER THAN
PURCHASING THEM .
• GOOGLE DOCS-
• IS A FREE WEB- BASED
APPLICATION THAT
ALLOWS THE USER TO
CREATE AND EDIT
WORD PROCESSING
AND SPREADSHEET .
6. MASS PARTICIPATION

DIVERSE INFORMATION
SHARING THROUGH
UNIVERSAL WEB ACCESS.
TRENDS IN
ICT
INNOVATION OF ICT
1. CONVERGENCE
-TECHNOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE
IS THE SYNERGY OF
TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCEMENTS TO WORK ON A
SIMILAR GOAL OR TASK.
• EXAMPLE: BESIDES USING YOUR PERSONAL
COMPUTER TO CREATE WORD DOCUMENTS ,
YOU CAN NOW USE YOUR SMARTPHONE.

• IT CAN ALSO CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES TO

SYNC FILES FROM ONE DEVICE TO ANOTHER
WHILE ALSO USING LTE TECHNOLOGY WHICH
MEANS YOU CAN ACCESS
2. SOCIAL MEDIA
- IS A WEBSITE, APPLICATION, OR ONLINE CHANNEL THAT ENABLES WEB
USERS TO CREATE, CO – CREATE , DISCUSS, MODIFY, AND EXCHANGE
USER- GENERATED CONTENT.

- ACCORDING TO NIELSEN, INTERNET USERS SPEND MORE TIME IN

SOCIAL MEDIA SITES THAN IN ANY OTHER TYPE OF SITE.

- WITH THIS MORE AND MORE

ADVERTISERS USE SOCIAL
MEDIA TO RPOMOTE THER
PRODUCT.
 TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
A. SOCIAL NETWORKING
THESE ARE THE SITES
THAT ALLOW YOU TO
CONNECT WITH
OTHER PEOPLE WITH
THE SAME INTEREST
OR BACKGROUND.
B. BOOKMARKING SITE
• - THESE ARE SITES THAT ALLOW YOU TO STORE AND
MANAGE LINKS TO VARIOUS WEBSITES AND
RESOURCES.

- MOST OF TESE SITES ALLOW YOU TO CREATE A TAG

THAT ALLOWS YOU TO AND OHERS TO EASILY
SEARCH OR SHARE THEM .

- EXAMPLES: STUMBLEUPON AND PINTEREST

C. SOCIAL NEWS
THESE ARE THE SITES THAT THEY ARE ALSO CAPABLE
ALLOW USERS TO POST OF VOTING ON THESE
THEIR OWN NEWS ITEMS NEWS ARTICLES OF THE
OR LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITE.
NEWS SOURCES.

- THE USERS CAN ALSO

COMMENT ON THE POST
AND COMMENTS MAY
ALSO BE RANKED.
 D. MEDIA SHARING
• THESE ARE THE SITES THAT
ALLOW YOU TO UPLOAD AND
SHARE MEDIA CONTENT LIKE
IMAGES, MUSIC, AND VIDEO

- MOST OF THESE SITES HAVE

ADDITIONAL SOCIAL FEATURES
LIKE LIKING, COMMENTING ,
AND HAVING USER PROFILES.
 E. MICROBLOGGING
• THESE ARE SITES THAT
FOCUS ON SHORT
UPDATES FROM THE USER.

• THOSE SUBSCRIBED TO
THE USER WILL BE ABLE
TO RECEIVE THESE
UPDATES.
F. BLOGS AND FORUMS

• THESE WEBSITES ALLOW

USERS TO POST THEIR
CONTENT

OTHERS USERS ARE ABLE TO

COMMENT ON THE SAID
TOPIC.
3. MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES
THE LATEST MOBILE
DEVICES ARE CAPABLE
OF USING HIGH – SPEED
INTERNET.

4G NETWORKING ( LTE )
WHICH IS CURRENTLY
THE FASTEST MOBILE
NETWORK.
A. IOS
- USED IN
APPLE
DEVICES
SUCH AS THE
IPHONE and
IPAD
B. ANDROID
- AN OPEN
SOURCE
OPERATING
SYSTEM
DEVELOPED BY
GOOGLE.
C. BLACKBERRY OS

• USED IN
BLACKBERRY
OS
 D. WINDOWS PHONE OS
- A CLOSED
SOURCE AND
PROPRIETARY
OPERATING SYSTEM
DEVELOPED BY
MICROSOFT
E. SYMBIAN

• THE ORIGINAL
SMARTPHONE
S; USED BY
NOKIA
DEVICES
 F. WEB OS
• ORIGINALLY USED
FOR
SMARTPHONES;
NOW USED FOR
SMART TVs
 G. WINDOWS MOBILE
• DEVELOPED BY
MICROSOFT
FOR
SMARTPHONES
AND POCKET
PCs
 4. ASSISTIVE MEDIA
ASSISTIVE MEDIA IS
A NONPROFIT
SERVICE
DESIGNED TO
HELP PEOPLE
WHO HAVE
VISUAL AND
READING
IMPAIRMENTS.