In Living Networks I wrote how technology facilitates human connection. Twitter is at the center of the emerging global brain. The idea is hardly new…Yet communication technology… is now allowing the incredibly rich flow of information and ideas that creates this single mind, that can integrate all of our intelligence and insight. MORE >>

There is no question that augmented reality will be a key feature of our technological future, and clearly this will be primarily relevant when we are mobile. Technology trends Web 2.0A new mobile app called Layar has been launched recently. Layar is a player and no doubt there will be more. MORE >>

However since it is the word most used to describe tapping the power of distributed talent, which is one of the most important emerging themes in our hyper-connected world, I will embrace it, and hopefully soon draw up my own taxonomy of what crowdsourcing means to help clarify the conversation. crowdsourcing zittrain MORE >>

work Web 2.0 The article Six ways to make Web 2.0 work has been sent to the following recipients: Six ways to make Web 2.0 work Web 2.0 Roberts In This Article Exhibit 1: Web 2.0 is the next wave of corporate-technology adoption. As the popularity of Web 2.0 MORE >>

• Recommendations to enhance existing national technology surveys conducted by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), the Office of Communications (Ofcom) and the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS). These enhancements will help to track digital inclusion progress in the future, and also account for new and emerging technologies. MORE >>