2009 Web Predictions

[mandy]

we've made new acquisition predictions for '09... although the names will be familiar ;-)

So check out our predictions for '09 and please contribute your own in the comments.

Richard MacManus

  1. iTunes adds social networking features; but it's still a closed development system.
  2. Facebook signs up to OpenSocial; whether or not this happens, there's no doubt that Google will continue to collect big name supporters for the various open standards initiatives which it has started in the last couple of years.
  3. Yahoo sells to a big media company, but it won't be Microsoft; Yahoo getting bought is a big call and I hope I'm wrong about it - but e.g. I could see the likes of Rupert Murdoch swooping in if things get much worse for the former dot com high flyer.
  4. Microsoft releases a cool online version of Office, but then Google releases an amazing new version of Google Docs;...

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