Web 3.0 & Beyond

Wikipedia Definition & Overview – Web 2.0/3.0
Definitions of Web 3.0 vary greatly. Some[70] believe its most important features are the Semantic Web and personalization. Focusing on the computer elements, Conrad Wolfram has argued that Web 3.0 is where “the computer is generating new information”, rather than humans.

Wikipedia Definition & Overview – The Semantic Web (Web 3.0)
The Semantic Web is a collaborative movement led by the international standards body, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). According to the W3C, “The Semantic Web provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries.”

 

 

A Brief Introduction to Web 3.0
If you’re anything like me, it’s hard to imagine how the internet is going to top sites like Twitter and Facebook. But it’s bound to happen and when you research Web 3.0, you find out it is going to be synonymous with the user’s interaction with the web. In Web 2.0 we focused on the users’ interaction with others, now we are going to focus more on the users themselves, which is always a plus. But how is this going to happen?

EVOLUTION OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB: FROM WEB 1.0 TO WEB 4.0
The World Wide Web as the largest information construct has had much progress since its advent. This paper provides a background of the evolution of the web from web 1.0 to web 4.0. Web 1.0 as a web of information connections, Web 2.0 as a web of people connections, Web 3.0 as a web of knowledge connections and web 4.0 as a web of intelligence connections are described as four generations of the web in the paper.

Here’s Why Google and Facebook Might Completely Disappear in the Next 5 Years
We think of Google and Facebook as Web gorillas.  They’ll be around forever. Yet, with the rate that the tech world is moving these days, there are good reasons to think both might be gone completely in 5 – 8 years.  Not bankrupt gone, but MySpace gone.

How Web 3.0 Will Work
Web 3.0 is the next step in the evolution of the Internet and Web applications. Learn about the concept of Web 3.0 and Web 3.0 development.

Tech Expert Prediction: A Web 3.0 Boom by 2014
The mainstream adoption of cloud and semantic technologies will turn the internet into a ‘ubiquitous utility’, says Boris Motusic, Chief Evangelist of United Experts, in this interview for Brightfire.

Video: Andrew Keen – Web 3.0 is the era of digital narcissism [Video]
In the talk you’ll hear Keen discuss “digital narcissism”, how Mark Zuckerberg won’t send law enfacement to your door but he will send brands and how data is the new oil.

Web 3.0: The Mobile Era
Now we’re entering Web 3.0, which is mobile, and we are in the thick of it.  The Mobile Web 3.0 has elements that build upon prior eras, but it also has several distinct and different elements from what’s come before.  Some of these distinct elements of the Mobile Web 3.0 era include real-time, ubiquitous (always connected, always with you), location aware, sensors, tailored, smaller screen, and high quality camera and audio.

Web 4.0 and Beyond

YouTube Video: Web 3.0 Revolution Part 3
Tim O’Reilly and Reid Hoffman on opportunities in Web 3.0.