Web 2.0 / 3.0
Question 1
Question 1
Exercise – 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.
1.https://www.mint.com/
Mint pulls all your financial accounts
into one place. Set a budget, track your goals and do more
with your money, At Mint, we believe money is for living. So we make everything
simple and streamlined. Sign up takes less than five minutes. Mint has more than 10 million users who know their information is
always secure. That's because we use 128-bit SSL encryption – the same
security that banks use – and all data is protected and validated by
VeriSign and TRUST. Plus, since Mint is read-only, no money can be
moved in or out of any account. See all your balances and transactions together, on the web or your phone.
Mint automatically pulls all your financial information into one place, so you can
finally get the entire picture.
with your money, At Mint, we believe money is for living. So we make everything
simple and streamlined. Sign up takes less than five minutes. Mint has more than 10 million users who know their information is
always secure. That's because we use 128-bit SSL encryption – the same
security that banks use – and all data is protected and validated by
VeriSign and TRUST. Plus, since Mint is read-only, no money can be
moved in or out of any account. See all your balances and transactions together, on the web or your phone.
Mint automatically pulls all your financial information into one place, so you can
finally get the entire picture.
2. http://www.tagged.com/
Tagged
makes social discovery products that enable anyone to meet and socialize with
new people. Our mission is to help everyone feel love and belonging, and we're
building toward a vision where anyone can use a device to instantly connect
with interesting new people anytime, anywhere.
Founded
in 2004 and profitable since 2008, Tagged is a market leader in social
discovery with over 300 million registered members in 220 countries who make
over 100 million new social connections every month. Tagged is based in San
Francisco.
3.http://www.theverge.com/
The Verge was founded in 2011 in partnership with Vox
Media, and covers the intersection of technology, science, art, and culture.
Its mission is to offer in-depth reporting and long-form feature stories,
breaking news coverage, product information, and community content in a unified
and cohesive manner. The site is powered by Vox Media's Chorus platform, a
modern media stack built for web-native news in the 21st century.
4. http://www.prosper.com/
Prosper is America's first peer-to-peer lending marketplace, with more than 2 million
members and over $692,000,000 in funded loans.
Prosper allows people to invest in
each other in a way that is financially and socially rewarding. On Prosper,
borrowers list loan requests between $2,000 and $35,000 and individual lenders
invest as little as $25 in each loan listing they select. In addition to credit
scores, ratings, and histories, investors can consider borrowers’ personal loan
descriptions, endorsements from friends, and community affiliations. Prosper
handles the servicing of the loan on behalf of the matched borrowers and
investors.
5.http://www.zoho.com/
Zoho.com offers a comprehensive suite of award-winning
online business, productivity & collaboration applications. Customers use
Zoho Applications to run their business processes, manage their information and
be more productive while at the office or on the go, without having to worry
about expensive or outdated hardware or software.
To date, Zoho.com has launched 25+ online applications —
from CRM to Mail, Office Suite, Project Management, Invoicing, Web conferencing
and more. Zoho has received numerous awards, including an InfoWorld 2009 "Product
of the Year" award, a 2008 PC World "25 Most
Innovative Products Award" and a 2007 TechCrunch "Best
Enterprise Start-up."
Zoho.com is a division of Zoho Corporation, a
privately-held and profitable company. With offices in CA, Austin, Chennai,
Yokohama and Beijing, Zoho Corporation serves the technology needs of more than
9 million customers worldwide.
References:
httphttps://www.mint.com/what-is-mint/
http://www.zoho.com/company.html
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