Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Top Five Web Trends of 2009: Structured Data
This week ReadWriteWeb will run a series of posts detailing what we think are the 5 biggest, most cutting edge Web trends to come out of 2009.
This week ReadWriteWeb will run a series of posts detailing what we think are the 5 biggest, most cutting edge Web trends to come out of 2009.
Facebook is supposed to be a safe haven for drunk teenagers who want to post pictures of themselves vomiting. These simple pleasures were being undermined by this solipsistic intruder, “25 Random Things About Me.” But once you stop being annoyed you realize that, at its best, it’s one of the more compelling wastes of time to hit the Web in years.
I’m at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, Calif., tonight, for the Churchill Club’s annual Top 10 Tech Trends Dinner. This is the club’s 10th annual tech trend panel.
Lots of mobile phone predictions. Green energy. Water. And more phones.
Here’s the pundits’ list of trends, with some responses from their fellow panelists.
Throughout the course of the year, IBM’s Venture Capital Group meets with hundreds of VCs and portfolio companies here in the United States and around the world. Our ongoing conversations with all of these groups has given us quite a bit of insight into what the VCs see as attracting more attention in 2008. This time of year, there are as many predictions lists as there are VCs; nevertheless, here are the top technology trends (not in any particular order) we believe you’ll be hearing more about in 2008.
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