Google: The future of online video

"Ten years ago the world of online video was little more than an idea. It was used mostly by professionals like doctors or lawyers in limited and closed settings. Connections were slow, bandwidth was limited, and video gear was expensive and bulky. There were many false starts and outlandish promises over the years about the emergence of online video. It was really the dynamic growth of the Internet (in terms of adoption, speed and ubiquity) that helped to spur the idea that online video - millions of people around the world shooting it, uploading it, viewing it via broadband - was even possible." Read more here : The Future of Online Video
By Chad Hurley, CEO and Co-Founder, YouTube

US New Media Trends And Statistics: The Hitwise Report

New media are rapidly changing the way we search, access and create news and information. The Internet has become the reference point for all those people who are not happy anymore with the quality, depth and breadth of whatever news mainstream media networks deliver. More ...

David Siegel, Thoughts - Defining Web 3.0

The World Wide Web has evolved from the original hypertext system envisioned by physicists to a planetwide medium that has already transformed most of our lives. What comes next should be truly stunning. Web 3.0 refers to a combination of advances that will change the Internet radically, making Web 2.0 look like a new paint job on an old car going down the Information highway.

"The best way to sum up Web 3.0 is to say that, in the future, everything will be smart. No longer will you need to go to several web sites to research flights and fares, then book your own ticket with your credit card information on a particular site. In Web 3.0, you’ll just send your software agent on a mission to watch for and book a flight that meets your criteria at the best price (and at the last possible second, giving you more flexibility than you had before)." Read More ...