Web 2.0 101
Wikipedia describes Web 2.0 as follows :
The phrase Web 2.0 was created by O’Reilly Media to refer to a supposed second generation of internet based services that let people collaborate and share information online in a new way - such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools and folksonomies.
At Fulfil we like to describe Web 2.0 as simply all about people.
Web 2.0 Reference Material
What is Web 2.0 by Tim O’Reilly
Mind cloud of Web 2.0 meme by Markus Angermeier
Learning to love Web 2.0 by Bill Thompson
Web 2.0 : the 24 minute documentary by TechCrunch
Web 2.0 around the world by Erick Schonfeld
Best of apophenia by Danah Boyd
What Web 2.0 means to 500 random Basecamp customers by Jason at 37 Signals
Where for the Web? by BBC Breakfast
Go2Web20 the complete Web 2.0 directory
IBM and the UA bring Web 2.0 and social networking to the classroom
Valley’s Mr. Web 2.0 seeks next big thing by Dan Fost
2006, Brought to You by You by Jon Pareles
Web 2.0 proves most popular Wikipedia entry by Andrew Hampp
The hype is real - Social Media invades the Inc. 500 by CMR at UMass Dartmouth
25 startups to watch by Business 2.0
The machine is Us/ing Us (video below) by Michael Wesch
Web 2.0 - over and out by Peter Rip and the conversation there-on
Wells Fargo taps Web 2.0 by J. Nicholas Hoover
Business crawls onto Web 2.0 by eMarketer
Keen v Weinberger - full text of debate - WSJ - July 18th 2007
Web 2.0 bubble video by The Richter Scales
Digg, WIkipedia and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy by Chris Wilson
Web 2.0 Companies Acquired
March 20th 2005 : Yahoo acquire Flickr
May 11th 2005 : Google acquires Dodgeball
July 18th 2005 : News Corp. acquire MySpace for $580m
September 12th 2005 : Ebay acquire Skype for $2.6bn
October 6th 2005 : AOL acquire Weblogs Inc
December 9th 2005 : Yahoo acquire delicious
October 9th 2006 : Google acquire YouTube for $1.65bn
May 30th 2007 : CBS acquire Last.fm for $280m
May 30th 2007 : FIM acquire Photobucket and Flektor
May 30th 2007 : Ebay acquire StumbleUpon for $75m
May 31st 2007 : Google acquire Panoramio
June 1st 2007 : Google acquire Feedburner
July 2nd 2007 : Google acquire GrandCentral
August 1st 2007 : Disney acquire Club Penguin for $700m
August 27th 2007 : Hi-Media Group acquire Fotolog for $90m
September 17th 2007 : Yahoo acquire Zimbra for $350m
September 28th 2007 : Google acquires Zingku
October 8th 2007 : Msnbc.com acquires Newsvine
October 9th 2007 : Google acquires Jaiku