The document discusses and compares several technology, business, entertainment and collaboration blogs and tools. It provides reviews of The Guardian Technology Blog, Engadget, TechCrunch, Quora, Eonline, Variety and TMZ as entertainment news sources. It also describes features and benefits of Google Docs for collaboration and online document storage, LinkedIn for professional networking and profile building, and WordPress for blogging and website content management.

1. Web 2.0 Review
Francis Espinoza

2. Technology Blogs The Guardian Techonology
Blog has a lot of reliable
and updated information
about the latest
technologies laws, trends,
problems and advantages
of new technologies, and
released of new
technologies. Also, its
articles are linked to other
technologies blogs allowing
users to read about other
authors’ opinions and draw
to their own conclusions.
However, all discussion and
articles are written and
started by the same
author, Charles Arthur.

3. Engadget technology blog, also has a lot of articles about about the latest technologies laws,
trends, problems and advantages of new technologies, and released of new technologies. In
addition, it offers articles that relate to some technological context from first and third world
country allowing users to have a more global vision about technology and how it reaches to all types
of consumers. Also, it counts with more than one author, something that is an advantage because it
provides with more than one point of view about the topics being discussed.

4. In my opinion TechCrunch is the best blog from the two mentioned above since
it provides the most updated information. In fact, the blog is releasing articles
every 2 or 3 hours.

5. Business Blogs
Quora is a Q&A site where
experts actually take the
time to seriously answer
your questions. You can
follow topics like
"startups" and
"entrepreneurship" and
people like Fred Wilson or
Mark Zuckerberg. Answers
get voted up by by the
community so that only
the best ones shine.

8. Entertainment Blogs
Eonline is the most
popular entertainment
news source, providing users
with information about
almost everything that deals with
the entertainment world. Being
one of the fastest-growing, most
influential properties on the
Internet, Eonline reaches more than
28 million unique users per month
in the U.S. alone across its digital
platforms. Eonline delivers
breaking entertainment news and
in-depth coverage on television,
movies, music, celebrities, fashion,
beauty and lifestyle – everything
pop culture.

9. Variety actually deals (mainly) with the entertainment news and not with the
gossip that surrounds it. Since 1905, the most influential leaders in the industry
have turned to Variety for timely, credible and straightforward news and
analysis — information vital to their professions. Recognized and respected
throughout the world of show business, Variety is the premier source of
entertainment news.

10. The term “Thirty Mile Zone” originated in the 1960s, when due to the
growth of location shoots, studios established a “thirty mile zone” to
monitor rules for filming in Hollywood. Launched in 2005, TMZ’s meteoric
rise followed its exclusive on two of the biggest stories in entertainment:
Mel Gibson’s DUI arrest and subsequent encounter with law enforcement,
and Michael Richards’ ill-fated trip to the Laugh Factory. TMZ altered
the entertainment news landscape by changing the way the public gets its
news -Instant, with lots of juicy headlines, and full of gossip.

11. Google Drive: A web based collaboration tool
Google Docs is a free web-based online office suite, similar to Microsoft Office and
data storage service offered by Google. Google Docs allowed users to create and edit
documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. One of its
facilities is the online storage service. Whether you need to share your files with
other people or you just want to have a backup of your files online so you can access
it from any computer connected to the web, Google Docs is a great storage. Some
benefits of Google Docs include the following:
 Google Docs enables multiple people in different locations to collaborate
simultaneously on the same doc from any computer with Internet access.
 Create and share your work online and access your documents from anywhere.
Manage documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys, and more all in one.
 You can easily do all the basics, including making bulleted lists, sorting by
columns, adding tables, images, comments, formulas, changing fonts and more.
 Google Docs accepts most popular file formats, including DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF,
CSV, PPT, etc. So You can upload your existing files.

12. Linked ln
Linked In is a great tool that allows users to share their curriculum online and to
receive information about the latest job offers, subscribed that may fit the
users´ profile according to their education, and news from companies that are
also subscribed in Linked In through their companies feature. It is also a great
place to give or receive recommendations from friends, colleagues, teachers,
among others. Also, it allows its users to follow groups that are related to their
education such as business groups, political groups, etc. Something that may
mean an advantage since it links people with the similar education profile in
order for them to grow as professionals or to create business relationships.

13. WordPress
WordPress has been around since 2003 and is
the most popular blogging software on the
market. Over the last few years, WordPress
has also become the content management
software of choice for non-blogging websites.
WordPress is very easy to use and has an
intuitive interface. Adding new pages, blog
posts, images, etc. on a regular basis is a
breeze and can be done quickly. . Also, you
can create a new page or blog post, format
text, upload images and edit them, upload
documents, video files, image galleries, etc.
all without the need for additional HTML or
FTP software. In addition, since WordPress
was originally created as a blogging platform,
blogging capabilities are built-in and are easy
to integrate, if desired.