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What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0, a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2003 and popularized by the first Web 2.0 conference in 2004, refers to a perceived second-generation of Web based communities and hosted services such as social networking sites, wikis and folksonomies that facilitate collaboration and sharing between users. O'Reilly Media titled a series of conferences around the phrase, and it has since become widely adopted.

Introduction
Time bar of Web 2.0 buzz words. This image shows the age of some buzzwords sometimes used in Web 2.0 lingo and its dependencies. By alluding to the version-numbers that commonly designate software upgrades, the phrase "Web 2.0" hints at an improved form of the World Wide Web; advocates suggest that technologies such as weblogs, social bookmarking, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds (and other forms of many-to-many publishing), social software, Web APIs, Web standards and online Web services imply a significant change in web usage.

As used by its supporters, the phrase "Web 2.0" can also refer to one or more of the following:

1. The transition of web sites from isolated information silos to sources of content and functionality, thus becoming computing platforms serving web applications to end-users
2. A social phenomenon embracing an approach to generating and distributing Web content itself, characterized by open communication, decentralization of authority, freedom to share and re-use, and "the market as a conversation"
3. Enhanced organization and categorization of content, emphasizing deep linking
4. A rise in the economic value of the Web, possibly surpassing the impact of the dot-com boom of the late 1990s.

Characteristics
This section overlaps with other sections; it should be combined with the rest of the article.Please post any comments on this issue on the talk page. While interested parties continue to debate the definition of a Web 2.0 application, a Web 2.0 web-site may exhibit some basic common characteristics.

These might include:

1. "Network as platform" — delivering (and allowing users to use) applications entirely through a browser.
2. Users owning the data on the site and exercising control over the data.
3. An architecture of participation that encourages users to add value to the application as they use it. This stands in sharp contrast to hierarchical access-control in applications, in which systems categorize users into roles with varying levels of functionality.
4. A rich, interactive, user-friendly interface based on Ajax or similar frameworks.
5. Some social-networking aspects.
6. Enhanced graphical interfaces such as gradients and rounded corners (absent in the so-called Web 1.0 era).

Internet Censorship in India

The Government of India some years back established the Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT-IN, as a means to monitor all incoming and outgoing Internet traffic from India. The primary purpose of CERT-IN is to handle Internet security and many institutions and agencies are allowed to call on it, including the home affairs ministry, courts, the intelligence services, the police and the head of the National Human Rights Commission. CERT-IN's main mission is to enhance the security of India's Communications and Information Infrastructure through proactive action and effective collaboration.Currently, there is no established law as to which websites the government censors, or when. In the past, mainly pornographic and anti-establishment political websites have been blocked. Once in a while, western news sites have also been blocked, though these blocks were usually short-lived.In 2001, the Bombay High Court appointed a Committee to oversee issues relating to cyber pornography and Cybercrime. The Court invited the petitioners Jayesh Thakkar and Sunil Thacker as special invitees to provide their inputs and recommendations on cyber laws. The Committee upon identifying key ixsues made recommendations such as licensing of Cyber cafe, introducing identity cards for Cyber cafe visitors, ensure that Cyber Cafe that have cubicles or partitions be required to ensure that minors are not allowed to use machines in cubicles or behind partitions, mandatory maintaining of IP logs by cyber cafe, and so on. The Committee made several other recommendations such as connectivity and authentication at Internet service provider level which provided that Internet service providers were responsible for time clock coordination and record keeping. The report addressed the issue of protecting minor children from accessing adult sites and made a recommendation that Internet Service Providers must protective parental softwares with every Internet connection. The committee placed a special emphasis on lack of technical knowledge in the police and recommended special training of cyber cops. The report of the committee was well accepted by the Courts and is being put in to practice by the Police and Cyber cafes jointly. The Cyber Crime Investigation Cell was set up pursuant to recommendation made by the committee.A draft broadcast bill is being introduced which if passed would enable muzzling of all forms of mainstream media under conditions such as "reports implicating friendly nations".

Instances of censorship

Yahoo Groups ban, Sep 2003

The first documented incident of Internet censorship in India was the Yahoo groups ban of 23rd September 2003.Kynhun, a Yahoo group linked to the outlawed "Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council,", a minor separatist group from the North-Eastern state of Meghalaya, which espoused the case of the Khasi tribe was banned.The order to implement the ban was forwarded to Indian ISP's by the Department of Telecommunications. Difficulties in implementing the ban by the ISP's ultimately led to all Yahoo groups being banned for a period of about two weeks.
Internet censorship of July 2006

The second reported incident of Internet censorship is the Indian Government's censorship of 17 websites including some blogs starting July 1, 2006.The actual order did not ask for blogspot.com, typepad.com or geocities.com to be blocked. However, the inability of Indian ISP's to block specified sub-domains, once again led to these sites being blocked completely.

Dekhte Raho!!! Competition for Youtube in India

India gets its own special video sharing website http://dekhona.com/. Just like Youtube you can watch, create and share hot and personal videos. You can also win iPods by uploading your video on the site.

MSN India getting revenue of $40,000 a month from its Desktop TV

The revenue through MSN India Desktop TV has increased by 250 % year-on-year to $40,000 per month. MSN India, which brought the concept of Desktop TV to India in 2006, now claims 68 per cent reach. According to the company, the number of brands advertising on Desktop TV has grown from just 65 in 2005 to 260 today.