Bits And Buzz

Despite some worldwide economic difficulties, 2008 might be a very dynamic year for the technology industry. I see two main reasons. First, the economic conditions might favor some interesting acquisitions, in the consumer as well as in the enterprise spaces. Second, I think the enterprise technology industry is going to work actively to leverage the best of Web 2.0 for their business. In other “buzzy” words, 2008 is the start of Enterprise Web 2.0.

1) Facebook to make big push to Mobile

2) Ning to be acquired by Yahoo! (or Microsoft)

3) Apple to revolutionize the media distribution market (iTunes 2.0)

4) Apple to acquire Adobe

5) Microsoft to open SilverLight and/or XAML

6) Oracle to buy RedHat or SalesForce.com

7) Enterprise Web 2.0

Very interesting. Google just added a referrals program for Firefox and their AdSense service. This is actually a good indicator of Google’s and Mozilla’s tight relationship. It is also great news for the "Open Web," making sure that the Mozilla Firefox "franchise" continue to grow. At a certain point, any Open Source product needs [...]

Google announced its plan to “hire a couple of folks to help make OpenOffice better”. This is pretty exciting!!! I am a big fan of OpenOffice, both the product and the people behind it. I had the privilege to meet them, and it is always refreshing to see a group of talented developers so dedicated [...]

I downloaded Flock last week and it is pretty cool. Not yet my favorite browser but close. I love the concept.
BTW, it would be even better if it could integrate with my phpGallery ;).

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