Characteristic of information and possibilities

I am trying to think more to find out how information can be characterized and what are the possible value adds technology and process can do so as create business value.

Few questions that could help in this:

> what is the entity that uses info > what are information identifies the entity > what are the activities the entity does > what are the inputs the entity require to do the activity > what are the output they create because of that…

Living Entity and their characteristics…and motivation..

Individual
Family
Company
Club
Web Groups
NPO
Alumni


Activities
See a movie
Listen to music
Call a carpenter
Send a picture to friend
Work on Tax
Invite more members to my club
Advertise for old book you want auction…

Input information
Tax Law
Who are the people interested in aviation club?

Supporting information
What is the rating of a movie
What are there similar movies…

Output
What is the experience you liked after seeing the movie?

A diagram on the top could help in linking these. ( i could not post it at the bottom)

What is the new w2 companies are doing ?

I tried to look at different start-up companies ( based on the VCs web sites) and tried to find out what the companies are working on . The focus was on information –all that people are trying to do around information. Some of the key areas that I could find are:

- Application which integrates information elements ( PLAXO / Trumba )
- Applications which provides a specific information – Widgets (micro-presentation)
(widgetbox)
- Information about user behavior / intention / (BAYNOTE) - use it for better user experience / recommendations http://www.aggregateknowledge.com/news/pr/index.html / datamining in web / recommending //
- Information sharing
- Information creation by individuals – but in a team
- Networking at different possible levels
- Web adv ( adbrite.com)
- Mobile search
- Web policing – both end user and services provider