All Web 2.0

Consumers view ads as necessary trade-off for Web 2.0

As more and more consumers use digital content services — such as social networking and videos — they're more willing to accept advertising if it means the services have no fee. That was one of the findings of an IBM survey of 2,800 people in six countries — Australia, Germany, India, Japan, the U.K. and the U. S. More than 70 percent of respondents said they preferred the ad-supported model to paying a fee for the services. Compared to a similar survey done last year, twice as many pe...

GigaTribe Unleashes Web 2.0 File Sharing Service In The U.S.

GigaTribe has launched its U.S. service providing users with a private, encrypted Peer-to-Peer (P2P) environment to share entire file folders of photos, videos, music and other files. The basic version of GigaTribe is free and the “Ultimate” version comes at a price tag (News - Alert) of $29.95/year. The company claims that sharing files from its application is hassle free and free of any security risks. P2P networks are largely used to share files and other types of content which cannot be...

Addison Avenue Says "Yes!" to Web 2.0 While Protecting Essential Information With Websense

For Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union, a full-service financial institution with more than 140,000 members nationwide, finding a balance between safeguarding confidential member information while allowing employees to use the Internet to its fullest potential is essential to business. Recognizing the growing business value of Web 2.0 applications including blogs and social networking sites, Addison Avenue turned to Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) for an integrated solution for real-time Web 2.0 ...

Web 2.0 gives new tools to hate groups: experts

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Social networks MySpace and Facebook and video-sharing site YouTube are being used as powerful new tools by extremist groups to spread a message of hate, participants in a conference on Internet hate speech warned here on Monday. "MySpace, Facebook and YouTube are the 'killer apps' of the Internet today, and they're used by millions, but the virus of hate certainly has infected those technologies," Christopher Wolf, chair of the International Network Against CyberHate (INAC...

Microsoft turns Windows Live into a social network

Microsoft this week unveiled a slew of new online services that essentially transforms its Windows Live site into a social network. The changes, which include updated photo sharing, e-mail and instant messaging capabilities, have received mostly positive reviews from Web 2.0 industry observers. Microsoft also announced that it is integrating activities from some 50 companies and Web 2.0 services -- including Yahoo Inc.'s Flickr photo-sharing service, LinkedIn Corp., Photobucket Inc., T...