I am hearing about web 2.0 everywhere and was wondering what is it actually. I did some research and found something like this.
Web 2.0 is a term coined by O’Reilly Media. The first principal of Web 2.0 was “The web as platform”, discussed at first web 2.0 conference in october 2004. Web 2.0 is a web based services like communication tools, wikis and other social networking websites that emphasize online information sharing and collaboration.Web 2.0 expected to replace desktop applications for many purposes. Because Web 2.0 applications are available anywhere and user can access their informative content or links from anywhere.Example of Web 2.0 are:
- blogging
wikipedia
podcast
Social networking websites.
syndication
tagging
web services etc.