Web 2.0 and social software in general, a topic that is being referring to as Social Computing.
If we dare to look beyond this type of computing, as extensions of Web 2.0 and Social Computing, we have the integration of all of our software and IT systems. Microsoft’s Dr. Gary Flake refer said during the launch of Live Labs as the Internet Singularity. Dr. Gary Flake says; “The idea that a deeper and tighter coupling between the online and offline worlds will accelerate science, business, society, and self-actualization.”
Social web sites such as YouTube , Facebook, Flickr and MySpace are examples of the paradigm change that happen suddenly as these new arenas are available to the users of the internet.
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