RSS

RSS is a format, normally used to publish in a standardized way, work which is frequently updated like blog entries or news headlines. As time has passed by, this aforementioned format has suffered different changes. In fact, whereas it was originally developed as “RDF Site Summary” by Netscape for use in the My Netscape Portal3, has now [...]

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HTML & XML (group article)

First and foremost, we would like to explain the terms involved. Being both markup languages, on  the  one  hand,  HTML  stands  for  “Hyper  Text Markup  Language”,  and  on  the  other,  XML stands for “Extensible Markup Language”.   Focusing on  the differences, XML points at  the  structure of  the  information, saving  time and simplifying  the  software,  [...]

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Contrast between XML and HTML

To start with, both terms should be defined, in order to compare and contrast them accurately. On the one hand, XML stands for “Extensible Markup Language” and, on the other, HTML stands for “Hyper Text Markup language”. In contrast with HTML, XML allows for transfer of data across different networked applications. Besides, it can represent [...]

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Hypermedia & Communication (group article)

First of all, let’s define the concepts involved. On the one hand, the term hypermedia is used as an extension of the term hypertext, in which graphics, audio, video, plain text and hyperlinks are involved, being the World Wide Web the clearest example. On the other hand orality involves the capacity of speaking of each [...]

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Hypermedia & Communication

The term “hypermedia” is used as an extension of the term “hypertext”, in which graphics, audio, video, plain text and hyperlinks are involved, being exemplified by the “World Wide Web”. According to Brian and Williams, the “hypermedia” has seriously affected the human communication in several ways, having to face two different problems. On the one [...]

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From Web 1.0 to Web 2.0

Even if the idea of the Web 2.0 dated back to the 1960s, when JCR Licklider wanted to use networked computing to connect people in order to boost their knowledge and ability to learn, it was not until some years ago that the concept was caught up with. It was during a brainstorming session in [...]

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Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly is an American writer, photographer and conservationist, whose writings have appeared in several  well-known newspapers such as “The New York Times”, “The Economist” or “GQ”,  even if he dropped out of university after studying just for one year. He is also the founder of the ”Wired” magazine among others. Moreover, the film “Matrix”, which took the [...]

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Hypertext

Hypertext is a recent innovation, which consists of a text on a computer that will be used by several people, being its main advantage that it is dynamic. Its invention dates back to the late 1980s when a scientist at CERN, called Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web (commonly known as the Web) for the purpose [...]

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Google

Google Inc. is an American public corporation co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Being both students at Stanford University, Google became a private company in the year 1998. The company, which was set up with $100,000 reported in the year 2006 more than $10,400 billions earning its revenue from advertising, thanks to internet search, [...]

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