More to record my own thoughts…. Let’s do the obvious ones first:
- Facebook will decline as people either go to the next hottest thing or advertisers realize their ROI on the FB ad platform isn’t the greatest
- Google will acquire at least two mobile companies to aid Android
- iPhone will continue to gain mobile browser market share stagnating the mobile web even more
Now some not so obvious ones:
- Slide or RockYou will be acquired. If 07 was the year of widget, 08 will be the year they cash in.
- Google or Microsoft will launch an Amazon AWS competitor
- Yahoo will close at least 4 more properties in an attempt to slim down. (one down)
- A web 2.0 company outside the US will eek out a new niche (see last.fm)