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The NOW Web is a new term to describe the cyberspace collection of all the information packages that may be currently flying around “online”.  Some may assume that must be the same as the Mobile Web.  This is not the case.

The Mobile Web is a subset of the World Wide Web.  The World Wide Web is all those online properties that are accessible once you know their Universal Resource Identifier (URI).  The Mobile Web is that section of WWW.that is accessible if you are using a mobile device.  The Mobile Web is thus defined by the hardware used to connect with it.  It is concerned with online properties that have a URI.

The World Wide Web itself is a subset of the NOW Web.  The NOW Web is intended to signify all those information packages or what might be called Instants that are currently available either via the Internet or perhaps via a telephone circuit or a cell phone wireless connection.  It might be an RSS news feed, or a request to get involved in a Google Chat, or even an indication that one of your Facebook friends has come online.

Clearly any Instants that you may be interested in should be accessible to you and ideally you should be made aware of their creation (via alerts) and of their ongoing existence.  The NOW Web is therefore defined by the interests of users or consumers.  It could be seen as a user-centric defined concept.  There are many technical challenges in working with this expanded NOW Web.  However this way of picturing the flux of information flow may suggest creative ways of better fulfilling consumers’ needs.  This NOW Web way of looking at the online scene was suggested by the way in which Twitter has so grabbed people’s attention and interest.

Footnote:  It should be mentioned that this use of the term, NOW Web, is much bigger than that suggested by Vaibhav Domkundwar.  The concepts are very much related, but this bigger use may suggest more interesting technical solutions.

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