Everything can be gathered in one place now. Private information can be kept with us at all times. We can stay at home and get movies from netflix or onDemand and not ever have to leave the house.The dot com collapse marked a turning point for the web and emergence of Web 2.0. The strategic positioning is the web as a platform. The user positioning is you control your own data. Its core includes services, participation, scalability, and collective intelligence. Netscape has been replaced by Google, DoubleClick by AdSense, and Akamai by BitTorrent. With BitTorrent and Web 2.0 the service automatically gets better the more people use it. Collective intelligence has made companies like Tahoo, Google, eBay, Amazon, Wikipedia, Cloudmark all possible and successful. RSS has made a big advancement in web architecture.
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1. What is the next big thing for the web?
2. In years to come could there be an emergence of Web 3.0?
Definition of Web 2.0
Web 2.0 summit/expo

The Self Esteem Act is a push for anti-photoshop law to protect teens from unrealistic body image ideals by regulating digital retouching of models in magazines and advertizements. 71% of girls with low self-esteem felt they weren't pretty enough, thin, stylish, or trendy enough, An advertisement placed throughout a subway system shows a man missing a leg when in reality he had both his legs intact. There is controversy because there are real people that have amputations from diabetes but the person used was an actor. Mr. Goude was an artist that manipulated images way before Photoshop using paint, sticky tape, and cardboard.
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