3. “ Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform: delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users, while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others, creating network effects through an "architecture of participation," and going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences.” Tim O’Reilly, the creator of the name, defines:

6. The development of Web 2.0 brings together three parallel streams of development: The technology stream provides the underlying infrastructure groundwork of networking and hardware technology and software. The application stream includes desktop-like services and applications that are used on the Internet. The socialization stream includes user participation and contribution on the Web.

14. Food for thought... Web 3.0?

15. References Google images at: www.abi3c.blog.br www.redesocialcuringadebuzios.blogspot.com www.pagi.posterous.com www.mundodomarketing.com.br www.legendarybookmarking.info www.kis.net.ua www2.uwstout.edu www.itarchitect.co.uk www.ualberta.ca www.greekshares.com www.cureitheadaches.com Group members (Group 5): Angelina Pimenta Fernanda Pires Márcia Nascimento Thiago Hermont