1. Do you consider Facebook, MySpace, and Linkedin forms of disruptive or sustaining technology?
Young kids today find it hard to believe that there was no Facebook or twitter 10 years ago. Social media has undoubtedly become a significant part of people’s lives displacing the older methods of communication and marketing. Therefore, these social media sites take the help of disruptive technologies to sustain their businesses. Disruptive technologies invades the already existing market and replaces services that are existing. This is evident from the fact that when MySpace was launched in 2003, it changed the concept of communication. It was the first social media site. Once successful, they started using sustaining technology. But then Mark …show more content…
In Web 1.0 (WWW), the users could only view or download the data or content that was posted on the website. But with the advent of web, in web 2.0, users have more control over the content posted on the web, they can exert real time control also. The Web 2.0 has more of a social nature than web 1.0. Therefore, the social networking sites are covered under this technology. The businesses mentioned in the extract were Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, MySpace, Twitter, Linkedin and Ning. All of these technologies fall under web 2.0. This is because they have a social nature and the users can change content of the site by adding or deleting content. Initially they need to make a profile on site by …show more content…
It will know everything about user and will use the internet to answer any of the question user asks. Web 3.0 can be compared to large database. Connections between people were made using the internet by Web 2.0. Connections with the information using internet is what the Web 3.0 may be expected to do. Web 3.0 will be displacing the existing Web. Though many believe that it will exist as another network. One can set up a travel website using the new technology. For example, a person wants to go to a beautiful place for vacation. The budget assigned is $2000 for the trip. He wants a good deal on his stay and flight. With the current technology, it is possible to carry out research easily, looking for discounts and comparing rates. But with this technology, the website will be able to understand what user wants to search and the person may sit back and get the results in no
Young kids today find it hard to believe that there was no Facebook or twitter 10 years ago. Social media has undoubtedly become a significant part of people’s lives displacing the older methods of communication and marketing. Therefore, these social media sites take the help of disruptive technologies to sustain their businesses. Disruptive technologies invades the already existing market and replaces services that are existing. This is evident from the fact that when MySpace was launched in 2003, it changed the concept of communication. It was the first social media site. Once successful, they started using sustaining technology. But then Mark …show more content…
In Web 1.0 (WWW), the users could only view or download the data or content that was posted on the website. But with the advent of web, in web 2.0, users have more control over the content posted on the web, they can exert real time control also. The Web 2.0 has more of a social nature than web 1.0. Therefore, the social networking sites are covered under this technology. The businesses mentioned in the extract were Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, MySpace, Twitter, Linkedin and Ning. All of these technologies fall under web 2.0. This is because they have a social nature and the users can change content of the site by adding or deleting content. Initially they need to make a profile on site by …show more content…
It will know everything about user and will use the internet to answer any of the question user asks. Web 3.0 can be compared to large database. Connections between people were made using the internet by Web 2.0. Connections with the information using internet is what the Web 3.0 may be expected to do. Web 3.0 will be displacing the existing Web. Though many believe that it will exist as another network. One can set up a travel website using the new technology. For example, a person wants to go to a beautiful place for vacation. The budget assigned is $2000 for the trip. He wants a good deal on his stay and flight. With the current technology, it is possible to carry out research easily, looking for discounts and comparing rates. But with this technology, the website will be able to understand what user wants to search and the person may sit back and get the results in no