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Not as shocking as a meteorite plunges into the earth, but the "collision" of new generation audiovisual technology has also created profound impacts on the modern media world.

Media is increasingly "personalized" through digital content creation tools such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, multi-player games, mashups . easy to use and low cost.

The content distribution process is also becoming cheaper and easier through mobile phones and the Internet, a global platform and one of the most important means of communication for the future. Media "personality" also shows that viewers are no longer in a passive position but rather "interacting", meaning they can write, edit, give ideas . right on the page. they just read.

Blog

Blog (short for weblog) - personal website - is attracting great attention because it allows people to "read and write", as opposed to "read-only" websites of the 90's. is a type of online journal arranged in chronological order, ie the latest information will be posted on the head. They contain links or signs that link to many other sites and allow readers to comment on the page.

Wiki

Each wiki is a website that allows people to edit any information they read on it. Many people worry that this will cause the content on the page to become chaotic, but that did not happen. The Wikipedia project - the online encyclopedia site now has more than 1 million entries with a variety of languages ​​- though not yet perfect, but has become a valuable reference for millions of Internet users.

Podcast

Podcasts are defined as "recording radio programs or creating audio files, then posting on the Internet, allowing people to download personal digital devices". The technology began to spread after Apple announced support for services in iTunes and iPod. Therefore, podcasts are sometimes regarded as a combination of two concepts: broadcasting and Apple iPod music players.

The generation of two video podcasts will also have to deal with many difficulties that arise when creating and editing content before it can become popular.

Web mashup

The "sweep" of Web 2.0 is very clear in Silicon Valley (the largest technology center in the US). More and more companies are launching programs that allow businesses to combine data and web services together. They are mashups in a smart and creative way. For example, ChicagoCrime.org complements Google maps of government-provided crime data, helping people get more detailed information.

Wide Word Web

Recently, the prestigious magazine Forbes introduced a new term: "Web Wide Word", a type of wordplay from "World Wide Web" that refers to online word processing programs such as Upstartle's Writely (currently Google).

Observers say this is the time to put office work on the web and documents are no longer stored permanently in computer hard drives. This is entirely possible through Web 2.0 or SaaS technology (service software - Software as a Service).

Most of this "migration" process has the participation of a collection of technologies collectively called AJAX. AJAX allows quick exchange of information between the client and the remote server. The entire data on the page does not need to be refreshed every time the user processes the information (ie it only reloads the newly changed data section).

The trend of "browserware" (variations from software, hardware and browser) has penetrated the corporate world with products such as Salesforce and NetSuite, while the Microsoft Office Live program is still in the testing phase. Although not really elaborate, the product is highly appreciated by many experts as Writely - the online word processor with all necessary features. Its performance makes it feel like this is still a version of Microsoft Word, except that it runs in the browser and documents stored right at the Writely site.

A document file on Writely is limited to 500 KB, plus 2 MB for each added image - large enough for most regular users. People can edit documents on any system - Windows, Mac or Linux - as long as it has a standard browser like Internet Explorer and Firefox (Safari and Opera incompatible programs).

When a group of people compose a document, they can sit in another position to log in and keep track of what others are typing almost immediately. Writely constantly saves changes automatically to the server, so people always get the most up-to-date information. The program even gives a notification if two people handle a different text.

Editing capabilities such as drag - drop and spell - checking are "respectable" for a program that depends on the browser. Writely also allows to restore (undo) previous information and save old versions so people can compare them to the latest version.

Of course, Writely cannot work if the computer is not connected to the Internet. In return, Writely allows saving documents in a variety of formats, including Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF and HTML. Another minor flaw is that even with up to 18 typefaces and 7 sizes, users cannot set the default (default) font for all documents.

Currently, Writely's software and capacity is completely free and contains no advertising. But next time, Google will charge some certain features. Anyway, Writely is still more effective and attractive than many other expensive word processors.

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