WEB 2.0

Select five applications that you have not heard of before from Popular URL's Web 2.0 awards or the webware awards and describe on your blog page how they could be useful to a business.

Digg:

The Digg application is a social news website which allows people to vote on the popularity of stories on the news. Its interface allows people to vote and rate a story on the news. The Digg phenomenon has lead to the constructions of other such social networks that attempt to rate the news.

Google calendar:

It is a web application that allows user to have a time management device in order to plan their activities or just remember important dates. It works the same way as an agenda or electronic diary would. The advantage of this application is that it allows you to manage your diary on the go since it is online and can be accessed from any computer or mobile device with internet access. In addition with its online interface, information can be shared, uploaded or downloaded.

Reddit:

Reddit is another social news application that allows its users to submit news stories whether by copying links from other websites, copying stories or even writing their own creation. Then these stories can be read by other users and they can be voted for or against by users and users can also have forums about the topics and they can also interact with the writers. It creates a sort of community interaction among its users.

Safari:

Safari is an application developed by Apple in order to browse the web on its different products such as the Mac, the iPhone or the iPad. The program has been developed in order to allow the user to access the internet and navigate with the greatest ease possible. Its popularity is ranked fourth in the world and since 2007; it has been modified to be adapted to Microsoft operating systems for Windows.

Adobe flash player:

The adobe flash player application is one that allows the user of any internet browser to view any piece of animation or even video that may be available for streaming on a website. This has been developed by Adobe based on the concepts of Macromedia which have been taken over by Adobe. The program is becoming ever so popular as the internet is now used more and more for video streamlining.