The growth of web-based applications has made the web an important educational medium. With the creation of emerging web technologies such as blogs, wikis, instant messengers (IM), social bookmarks, podcasts and vodcasts, the web is transforming into a fully interactive space and the control of content has been decentralized to allow each and every one to collaborate, create, publish, subscribe, and share information However, a major problem with web-based instruction is the limited understanding of learners’ characteristics In addition, the success of educational programs involving web-based technologies depends to a considerable extent on students’ acceptance and use of these technologies. Therefore students’ learning styles and technology preferences should be taken into account in order to effectively incorporate emerging web technologies into our solution of tackling the problem and the challenges faced by companies to project their presence on multi-device/multi platforms such as tablets, desktop computers, mobiles etc. Due to the recent developments in technologies, the companies are facing heavy challenges against their competitors to take the business to the customers. Therefore it is important to investigate the appropriate web technologies emerging from the current generation in order to provide a consistent service to their customers to keep them alive in the current market conditions.

Technology Growth Impacts
People expect to work, learn and communicate wherever they are with no hindrance to time and location. People expect to access their documents wherever they are. Cloud computing has become inexpensive, reliable and mainstream. Interest in data and analytics has promoted adaptive or personalized technologies. Progression in technology is still increasing rapidly and production costs is staying steady or decreasing. New avenues of research and investment

Comparison/Relationship of Technology Preferences

In the technology preference survey, participants were asked to rate their technology preferences. Besides collecting the preferences for emerging web technologies, participants were also asked to rate their preferences for some conventional technologies like email and Blackboard as these were used as an integral part of delivery of services to the customer. Pearson correlation coefficient revealed several significant relationships as shown in Table 1:. All relationships appeared positive, i.e., the higher preference for one technology lead to the higher preference for the other. These results suggest that the learning preferences of various technologies were closely related, i.e. the apprentices are preferred to try various technologies in their study routines instead of relying on one particular tool. These results were also encouraging to experiment a variety of technologies. However, it was interesting to see that none of the emerging web technologies (blog, wiki,IM, podcast, vodcast) correlated with the conventional technologies (email and Blackboard).
Technology Growth Impacts
People expect to work, learn and communicate wherever they are with no hindrance to time and location. People expect to access their documents wherever they are. Cloud computing has become inexpensive, reliable and mainstream. Interest in data and analytics has promoted adaptive or personalized technologies. Progression in technology is still increasing rapidly and production costs is staying steady or decreasing. New avenues of research and investment

Comparison/Relationship of Technology Preferences

In the technology preference survey, participants were asked to rate their technology preferences. Besides collecting the preferences for emerging web technologies, participants were also asked to rate their preferences for some conventional technologies like email and Blackboard as these were used as an integral part of delivery of services to the customer. Pearson correlation coefficient revealed several