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 * Web 3.0? **

** It is hard to foresee what "Web 3.0" will be. ** As innovative technologies are introduced I have noticed that consumers say something along the lines of, "Wow, this (technology) has/does everything. What else could anyone ask for?". However, once the upgrade, update, or next generation of that technology becomes available, they find themselves saying the same thing. The previous claim then becomes untrue as new functions and features are added to technology. This has been evident with all forms of communications such as cellphones, computers, televisions, and of course, the Internet. When the Internet began to be used by the general public during the late 80s people were in awe. The idea of communicating digitally through this new phenomenon called the "Internet" was mind blowing. At this time communication was usually static (passive) since "commenting; tweeting; re-bloging; and sharing" did not yet exist. We call this Web 1.0, the WWW at its first stage.  Today one has the luxury to communicate through the dynamic web called Web 2.0. One can communicate with anyone around the world by using video, audio, chat, blogs forums, etc. To many consumers this may be one of those times where they find themselves once again saying, "Wow, this (technology) has/does everything. What else could anyone ask for?", but the Internet has the ability and potential to do much more then what it does now. ** What should Web 3.0 be? ** Lets start with the idea of the "Semantic Web", a term coined by Tim Berners-Lee. The basic idea of the semantic web is of the Internet having the ability to understand and execute thinking and communication the way humans do. " I have a dream for the Web [in which computers] become capable of analyzing all the data on the Web – the content, links, and transactions between people and computers. A ‘Semantic Web’, which should make this possible, has yet to emerge, but when it does, the day-to-day mechanisms of trade, bureaucracy and our daily lives will be handled by machines talking to machines. The ‘ intelligent agents’ people have touted for ages will finally materialize." - Tim Berners-Lee ** We can already see this technology developing in Apple's new iPhone 4S. **  "Siri on iPhone 4S lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and more. Ask Siri to do things just by talking the way you talk. Siri understands what you say, knows what you mean, and even talks back". Siri also has the ability to search things on the web and provide the user with the best results. If this technology were to be incorporated into computers for the general public to use, this may be Web 3.0 because the gap of execution is closed by simply speaking to a machine rather than executing things ourselves. Therefore, maybe Web 3.0 should be the semantic web. Just imagine the possibilities. ** What could Web 3.0 be? **  I simply can not imagine what it could be. Consider me as one of the people who say, "Wow, the internet has/does everything. What else could anyone ask for?". I don't believe it Needs anything else. The internet as it is today has brought many benefits to society along with an equal amount of negative effects due to poor use or mis use of the Internet. By that I mean that some people are simply spoiled by it. To summarize, one can see that the internet has much evolved since Web 1.0 and that it has the potential to evolve even more. As new technologies with different capabilities and features are introduced, such as the iPhone 4S and Siri, consumers will find ways to use them with the Internet. However, this proces is time consuming so I doubt that the term "Web 3.0" will be used within the next year. I believe the WWW will continue to incorporate these innovative technologies which will ultimately shape the future of the Web 3.0. Until then, I have no answer to the question, "What is, or will be, Web 3.0".

http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/siri.html Please note: This response is very limited. It is only an overview of the subject which fails to incorporate many critical aspects of the greater discussion.