Web2.0 ?

A lot of people define web2.0 as a progression from what was the internet in the 90′ and what it is now, in 2007. K, so in the past , web1.0, there was only text and images because people didn’t have stable and high internet connections, now almost everyone has a broadband internet connection and for this fact the technology has evolved and now we have video, chats, radio, social networks, podcasting and other types, this is the so called web2.0 . In my opinion this is only the normal way of progression, as if you were a child and you grow mature, so I don’t think it was really necessary to define this progression with a certain word like web2.0 . In conclusion web1.0 = HTML, Web Presentations, web 2.0 = API/AJAX, Mass Collaboration and web3.0 = I don’t know, maybe Semantic Web + AI. You can see in this movie with Eric Schmidt, CEO at Google, the best definition for this terms:
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Google and the digital fingerprints for Youtube

After Viacom INC has sued and asked Google to pay them one billion $ for some video copyright-infringement on Youtube, Google is thinking of implementing a new method of antypiracy. This method is something like the technology used by the FBI with fingerprint authentification, but for Youtube it will have the role of allowing copyright owners to auth themself and delete the copyrighted video in one ore two minutes. For this technology Google is working with the best companies that have the structure for this method of fingerprinting and it is planing to lunch it in September with full “options”. Read the rest of this entry »

Smoking is bad

I was talking with a frind of mine and he told me some really interesting stuff about smoking that I didn’t know and I will like to share his knowledge with you:

  • Did you know that besides head, neck, and lungs cancer, smoking can provoke bladder, kidney, pancreas, and cervix cancer and as well the new technology is adding leukemia and colorectal cancer this large list.

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The importance of web analytics

Why should we use web analytics? Because it has a great importance in rising your revenue and knowing some great information about your visitors and future clients. It is a fact that big brands like Digg, MSN and big blogers use web analytics to get the highest paying ads or banners. That is because they need to know the age and sex, revenue, and other information that is very important, because so you can know what type of ads or banners to put on your website. So it is very important to invest time and money in software or scripts that help you with your web analytics (most are free such as google analytics).

K now here are ten reasons why you should invest in web analytcs :
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