Communications of the ACM (CACM for short, not the best sounding acronym around) is the ACM’s flagship magazine. Started in 1957, CACM is handy for keeping up to date on current research being carried out across all topics of computer science and realworld applications. CACM has had an illustrious past with many influential pieces of work and debates started within its pages. These include Hoare’s presentation of the Quicksort algorithm; Rivest, Shamir and Adleman’s description of the first publickey cryptosystem RSA; and Dijkstra’s famous letter against the use of GOTO. In addition to the print edition, which is released monthly, there is a fantastic website (http://cacm.acm. org/) that showcases not only the most recent edition but all previous CACM articles as well, readable online as well as downloadable as a PDF. In addition, the website lets you browse for articles by subject, a handy feature if you want to focus on a particular topic. CACM is really essential reading. Pretty much guaranteed to contain content that is interesting to anyone, it keeps tabs on the latest in computer science. It is a valuable asset for us students, who tend to delve deep into a particular area of CS and forget everything that is happening around us. — Daniel Gooch U ndergraduate research is like a box of chocolates: You never know what kind of project you will get. That being said, there are still a few things you should know to get the most out of the experience.

Communications of the ACM

Social software in libraries: Building collaboration, communication and community online.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the broad phases of web development: the read-only Web 1.0, the read-write Web 2.0, and the collaborative and Internet of Things Web 3.0, are examined for the theoretical lenses through which they have been understood and critiqued. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual piece, in the tradition of drawing on theorising from outside the Information Systems field, to shed light on developments in information communication technologies (ICTs). Findings – Along with a summary of approaches to Webs 1.0 and 2.0, the authors contend that a more complex and poststructuralist theoretical approach to the notion of, and the phenomenon of Web 3.0, offers a more interesting and appropriate theoretical grounding for understanding its particularities. Originality/value – The discussion presages five further papers engaged with ICTs in a changing society, each of which similarly addresses novel theoretical understandings.

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Theorising web 3.0 : ICTs in a changing society

Purpose – The existing mashup literature paid little attention to the actual adoption and diffusion of mashups in an organizational context. As more and more organizations are engaged in mashup initiatives, more research efforts focussing on the mashup use and adoption issues from the organizational perspective are needed to ensure that organizations can receive the maximum benefits from their mashup initiatives. Two studies are conducted to increase the understanding of the use and adoption issues with social media mashups. The paper aims at discussing these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The paper first used a text mining approach to analyze relevant posts on blogs and messages in a major online mashup forum in order to understand the current status of social media mashup as well as representative themes and issues with social media mashups in general. Subsequently, the paper reviewed a number of social media mashup sites created by higher education institutions (HEIs) in the USA. Findings – The ...

Insights into the adoption of social media mashups

This study aims to empirically examine the influence of gender and English proficiency on Facebook Mobile (FbM) adoption from the Malaysian perspective. Questionnaire was administered to 400 undergraduates in a Malaysian private university. The results showed that there is a significant gender difference in Photographs and Status Updates. Positive correlations also exist between English proficiency and Social Connection, Shared Identities, Photographs and Content. Outcomes from the study have given direct or indirect implications to mobile communication manufacturers and service providers, mobile social networking researchers, photographs industry players and the society as a whole.

Influence of gender and English proficiency on Facebook mobile adoption

The advent of Web 2.0 changes the playing field drastically and opens a new era of platform opportunities. By opening the platform and making it remix, Google Maps changed the rules. Now, the rest of the industry is struggling to catch the world of web Mashups and Google's momentum. However, what about the conceptual heart of other popular Mashups? We focus on looking for patterns in successful Web 2.0 Mashups. We systemizes concepts from Top 60 popular Mashups on Programmable Web- and aim to present seven collection of Mashup Patterns: Data source Mashups, Process Mashups, Consumer Mashups, Enterprise Mashups, Client-Side Mashup, Server-Side Mashups and Developer assembly Mashups which build platforms to foster innovation in assembly, where remixing of data and services create new opportunities and markets. In this paper we highlight latest Mashup trends, exploration of the design principles of Mashups architecture, evaluation the most popular Mashups technology for the enterprise level, seven options patterns that exist for implementation, and capture the fundamental behavioral aspects of Mashups. What we present in this paper can be generalized for other Mashups.

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Toward a new paradigm: Mashup patterns in web 2.0

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) can be viewed as a philosophy that drives the development of components by defining their interfaces clearly and in a way that relates to real needs. It is the key to IT and business flexibility and receives a lot of attention from academia and industry as a means to develop flexible and dynamic software solutions. Web 2.0 world is wide and rich. Although significant progress is being made in several fronts, many other researchers speak of Web 2.0 applications; they tend to focus on the technology aspects of the environment. However, the real impact of integrating Web 2.0 technologies is to tie the flexibility of Web 2.0 to service-oriented principles of loose coupling, encapsulation, and reuse that are the heart and soul of SOA. Today's sites are no longer limited to exchanging links and interacting via hypertext; instead, the interconnectedness of the Internet has become progressively more important with the rise of web services. This paper presents web 2.0 mashups remixing data and Web Services. The purpose of this paper is to propose a flexibility solution and new mashup platforms for e-applications and interactive services. Flexibility is the key driver of Web 2.0 success--the flexible delivery of data through the combination of services and disparate data sources through mash-ups, real-time data feeds, and rich interactions. In this paper we also explore the architectural basis, technologies, frameworks and tools considered necessary to face this novel vision of Web 2.0--all of which adds business value and helps companies utilizes the rich collaboration and communication of the Internet today.

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The web 2.0 movement: mashups driven and web services

Recently, an online social network phenomenon has swept over the Web and the signs say that Social Networking Sites (SNS) are growing in importance not just as places for individuals to communicate, network, and express themselves but also as advertising and marketing vehicles. Combining social networks to the mobile environment is a growing interest as it allows users to be in their online social community despite their mobility. To date, several surveys and studies have brought some insights into this field. However, methods are often not general or detailed enough for evaluation and comparison. In this study we highlight latest trends and evolution of Mobile Social Networking and Online-Communities. The existing research is reviewed and organized to summarize what we know about their usage. This paper concludes with discussion of new developments, challenges and opportunities. There are many opportunities for future research and organizational applications of SNS as SNS adoption grows at incredible rates. What we present in this study can be generalized for other enterprise-grade Social Networks, either for their own business purposes or as a contract job for another company.

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Innovation: web 2.0, online-communities and mobile social networking

http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2009/vouliagmeni/ACCMM/ACCMM2-64.pdf

Shung-Ming Tang

Papers

Toward a new paradigm: Mashup patterns in web 2.0

The web 2.0 movement: mashups driven and web services

Innovation: web 2.0, online-communities and mobile social networking

The web 2.0 movement: mashups driven and web services

Innovation: mobile social networking and web 2.0 online-communities