Mary Meeker delivered a presentation to Web 2.0 conference recently looking at the state of the economy and the Internet. This presentation quickly looks back over the last few years:
2004 – China Internet – Opportunity is Immense 2005 – Broadband – Becoming Pervasive, Driving Growth in Communications / UGC
2006 – Online Video – Building Momentum
2007 – Social Networks – Proliferating, Driving Platform Changes
2008 – Economic Recession – Creates Challenge + Opportunity for Web Companies
2009 – Mobile Internet – Is and Will be Bigger Than Most Think
It further forecasts the huge growth, and increased integration, of internet-connected devices (see the following slide). The iPhone and social media sites (Facebook, Twitter) figure prominently in her assessment.
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The Theory of Connectivism in an Information Age
George Siemens recently presented “Roots of Connectivism” to an open graduate course named Social Media & Open Education, at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. Based on a basic understanding of various theories of knowledge & learning (e.g., behaviorism, cognitivism, social constructivism, constructionism, neuroscience), the presentation briefly introduces his theory of connectivism. Siemens and Stephen Downes have developed this theory which uses a network as the central metaphor for learning, focusing on knowledge as making connections.
Roots of Connectivism
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Getting tired of phone calls? – Try Google Voice
Yesterday Google announced that we can now use Google Voice with an existing phone number. Also notably, we can now add Google voicemail service to any of the mobile numbers linked to our account. It is a bit like Gmail for voicemail.
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