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10 Ways Social Media Will Change In 2010

Today, it is impossible to separate social media from the online world. Facebook reached 350 million users last month -- 70% of whom are outside the US -- and it accounts for 25% of the Web's traffic, according to Pew nearly one in five people on the web use Twitter or some other service to check status messages, and 94% of enterprises plan to maintain or increase their investment in enterprise social media tools. The social media conversation is no longer considered a Web 2.0 fad -- it is taking place in homes, small businesses and corporate boardrooms, and extending its reach into the nonprofit, education and health sectors. From feeling excitement, novelty, bewilderment, and overwhelmed, a growing number of people now speak of social media as simply another channel or tactic.

So what will social Web bring next? What will "being connected" mean? What will the next experience be for the 2 two billion people who are connected to the Internet? Here are 10 ways what we've called social media will evolve in 2010.

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12-18-2009 08:53

Google includes real-time data in search results

Google has launched real-time search to give users access to up to the second information.

The search giant said it will draw real-time data from over a billion pages on the web.

The new feature will also include updates from Twitter and the social networks of MySpace and Facebook.

"Information is being created at a pace I have never seen before and in this environment, seconds matter," said Google fellow Amit Singhal.

At an event staged at the Computer History Museum in California, the search giant said this was the first time ever that any search engine has integrated the real-time web into its results page. More...

12-07-2009 18:49

There's something in the air: augmented reality

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands (Reuters) - Technophiles and developers seeking the next tech breakthrough were drawn to the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Friday to hear "augmented reality" promoted as a way of changing their view of the world.

Unlike virtual reality, augmented reality combines real-world images with computer-generated images on a screen, usually in real time.

For example, someone holding up a mobile phone equipped with a camera, a global positioning satellite (GPS) sensor, compass and the right software, can point to a city street and overlay older images of historic buildings or streets. More...

12-05-2009 10:07

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