New Ways to run Flash on Apple Devices

Well, HTML5 is great - but for now Flash is still wanted. A lot of users have been trying so hard to enable Flash on their iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, etc. For Hong Kong users, their main purpose to play Facebook Flash games as well as watching videos on their Apple devices. Although these wishes are still not yet made possible, there comes a new technology called iOS Flash Video, which supports more Flash formats.

Welcome to Facebook

A dad adds his child on Facebook. Does this mark the end of the generation gap problem? Will Web 2.0 bring harmony to family relationships?

Hong Kong to be the Web 3.0 Center

I actually refer to this Yahoo! newspaper article in dated 12-November, 2010. Mr. Herman Lam, CEO of Cyberport Management Co. Ltd. (who is also the former GM of Microsoft HK Ltd.), mentions that Hong Kong may be the pioneer of Web 3.0 technology.

The Next 5 Years of Web 2.0 Strategy

Although Web 3.0 is a hot topic, we shouldn’t forget that we are still enjoying a great deal of Web 2.0 technologies. Facebook, Google Docs and Dropbox are just a few of the great examples of how Web 2.0 is changing our lives. Yesterday I attended an inspiring departmental seminar with Professor Amy Shuen as the speaker. The title of the seminar is “The Next 5 Years of Web 2.0 Strategy: What's New in Healthcare 2.0, Gov 2.0 and Smart Planet”. As the name implies, the talk explores new areas at which Web 2.0 technologies can be applied. In this article, I will briefly describe what has been shared, along with some of my personal opinions.

HTML5 to be the Flash Killer?

We all know that Steve Jobs slapped Adobe Flash right in the face. This is however not a personal belief. The true fact is that since the announcement of HTML 5, people have been debating whether it would be the Flash killer. In this article, I will share something about this.

Yet Another Markup Language

We mentioned several times that we have to make our online resources to be readable to machines. XML is a format created to accomplish this. There comes another similar language - YAML, which stands for 'YAML Ain't Markup Language'. In this article, I am going to briefly talk about this language.

Introduction to Session Hijacking

With the emergence of Web 2.0, people increasingly share their information online. Very often, this information is not intended to be shared with everyone. Hence, it becomes important for websites to restrict access to certain resources.

The Semantic Web as a component of Web 3.0

It has been more than five years since the term ‘Web 2.0’ was discussed in the O’Reilly Media conference in 2004. And now people are speculating what Web 3.0 will be like. In this article, I intend to share about my views on Web 3.0. I will first talk about some backgrounds, followed by a discussion on semantic web – a popular belief of Web 3.0.

Introduction

This blog is created as a homework assignment for the course CSIS7306 - Web Technologies offered by the Department of Computer Science, the University of Hong Kong in Fall 2010. The instructor of this course is Dr. Thomas Lee.

All published articles and comments are intended for academic discussion only. While the author strikes to ensure accuracy in all publications, correctness is not guaranteed. You are welcome and encouraged to point out any errors.