This is a nice practical recap of the 2007 Web 2.0 developments. Google, of course, hogged much of the spotlight with multiple acquisitions and also launching OpenSocial. But Facebook got it’s fair share too by first letting outside developers into its platform, and then by rubbing noses with Microsoft while selling them a 1.6% equity stake for $240 million.

Web 2.0 applications just keep getting better, gaining the features people expect from traditional desktop applications.  read more

Widgets can help broaden your brand’s reach even in the midst of the ever-growing volume of advertising information flooding the online space and the gusher of personalized content created by individuals. Widgets are portable chunks of code that can be installed, by cutting and pasting, into the code of any Web page or even onto the desktop.

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