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In the article, the author discusses the emerging technological trends and their practical applications as of December 2011. He cites the software called Trendalyzer (later on as Gapminder) that was developed by professor Hans Rosling of Sweden-based Uppsala University and resulted in the development of the Google Motion Chart bubble-graph software from Google. He also presents the growing reach of high-resolution touchscreens as seen in smartphones.

This article presents some highlights of the 11th Australasian World Wide Web Conference (AusWeb05) held in Australia in July 2005. AusWeb is a forum for librarians, technologists, social scientists, and entrepreneurs to discuss broad issues shaping the Web's evolution. AusWeb05 featured four tracks: Technical and Standards; Education and Training; e-Commerce/e-Business/Online Marketing; and Society, Information and the Web. Although presenters were predominantly from Australia, there was a cross-section of delegates from Asia and North America. Web evolution was the starting point for the tracks, but topics quickly moved onto a more granular analysis of Web trends, four of which emerged as central themes for the conference: high-quality content, Google Scholar, e-learning, and business models.