Web 2.0 is hot and fast catching up. Hardly any serious small and medium businesses (SMBs) today can think of scaling up its operations without making an effective presence online. Web designs based around Web 2.0 has revolutionized the whole way of sharing information and using the Internet as an exciting and more interactive experience. The Web 2.0 technology has changed the way modern businesses are conducted, using the Internet as a platform. (more…)

American Airlines launched Aircell’s inflight mobile broadband service, Gogo. Effective today, passengers traveling on American’s Boeing 767-200 aircraft can pay a nominal fee for Web access on select flights from New York to San Francisco, New York to Los Angeles and New York to Miami. (more…)

Bytemobile, provider of mobile internet solutions for network operators, announced a new release of its Web Fidelity Service and Media Fidelity Service.  These services optimize the delivery of fast, PC-quality web browsing and video with mobile advertising to all wireless handsets, thereby creating new revenue opportunities for operators while increasing network efficiency and capacity. According to Bytemobile, the new functionality is a result of customer input as well as mobile consumer research conducted by the company. (more…)

ComScore released its monthly analysis of U.S. top online properties for April 2008. April saw Google attain the number one spot for the first time in its history with a total audience of more than 141 million visitors. Content categories showing gains in April included job search, career resources, and television sites.
“April was a very active month. Google took the top property position, thanks to continued search growth and rapid growth at YouTube,” commented Jack Flanagan, executive vice president of comScore Media Metrix. “The significant traffic growth at tax sites, which began in January, reached a crescendo by the tax filing deadline on April 15 as taxpayers sought information, forms, and online filing facilities. The return of the network television programs after the writers strike sent fans to a variety of sites to get information on their favorite shows, catch up on episodes they may have missed, get refreshed on plotlines, and to stream new episodes.” (more…)

LG Electronics announced the launch of its LH2300 “Touch Web” 3G phone ( above ). This new handset features a 3-inch wide full touchscreen LCD with 800 x 480 resolution with a full internet browsing service.  A quick browsing response is provided for the Touch Web phone via a quick search icon that provides direct access to main portals, an internet hot key and a jog wheel control. (more…)

Aaron Weaver has made a discovery the world could probably do without: He’s found a way to spam your printer from the Web, writes Robert McMillan, IDG News Service. I wonder how’s that possible? Well, trough a browser vulnerability. Weaver can make a Web page launch a print job on just about any printer on a victim’s network. (more…)

Web 2.0 is about the democratization of information production. Web 3.0 - the next step - takes Web 2.0 and makes it mobile, says Bob Iannucci, a Nokia senior vice president, quoetd by San Jose Mercury News. (more…)