The Power of Internet Collaborative Tools
It will be very interesting to see what kind of UX evolves from these new applications ...
"This week, the cover story of BusinessWeek, "The Power Of Us," reminds us that "mass collaboration on the Internet is shaking up business." The long article covers all the new Internet technologies we are using today, from free phone calls using Skype to file-sharing, blogs, wikis and social networking services. As says Howard Rheingold, author of Smart Mobs, a mix of different technologies such as the Web, mobile devices, and the feedback system on eBay "may make some new economic system possible." In other words, these new Net technologies are creating a new world, where "the economic role of social behavior is increasing." The whole BusinessWeek article is worth reading, but I want to focus here on InnoCentive, a web-based community matching 80,000 independent scientists (the "solvers") to relevant R&D challenges facing leading companies (the "seekers") from around the globe." continued ... (Via Roland Piquepaille)
"This week, the cover story of BusinessWeek, "The Power Of Us," reminds us that "mass collaboration on the Internet is shaking up business." The long article covers all the new Internet technologies we are using today, from free phone calls using Skype to file-sharing, blogs, wikis and social networking services. As says Howard Rheingold, author of Smart Mobs, a mix of different technologies such as the Web, mobile devices, and the feedback system on eBay "may make some new economic system possible." In other words, these new Net technologies are creating a new world, where "the economic role of social behavior is increasing." The whole BusinessWeek article is worth reading, but I want to focus here on InnoCentive, a web-based community matching 80,000 independent scientists (the "solvers") to relevant R&D challenges facing leading companies (the "seekers") from around the globe." continued ... (Via Roland Piquepaille)
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