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Both mash-ups and social networking are integral parts of Web 2.0 and frontier technologies that will spur-on Web 3.0. But how do they specifically relate to e-commerce and e-business? Let’s first get acquainted with these terms before we answer this question. The term “mash-up” originated in the music industry, where songs that were previously released [...]

There is a lot of misconception about what this technology represents. If you asked ten different people to define Web 2.0, you would most likely get ten different answers. The term Web 2.0 was made popular at the first O’Reilly Media Web 2.0 Conference held in 2004, to discuss the new layer of present-day web [...]

In essence, Web 1.0 is primarily downloading while Web 2.0 is chiefly uploading (and downloading). The best way to distinguish between these two terms is by offering some phrases in the form of a comparative analysis. For instance: If Web 1.0 was about reading, then Web 2.0 is about writing. If Web 1.0 was about [...]