Almost a year, and what?
It has been almost a year since I last posted, and in the last year, what has really happened?
Facebook and Facebook apps continue to be popular, but I think the social network is close to (if hasn’t already) peaked; while people will still flock to the site because everyone is there, it doesn’t seem to have the same luster. I’m not sure if anyone else is getting fed up with the invites to save this or promote that, but it’s starting to feel a lot more like MySpace without the annoying personal customizations.
Yahoo! has finally admitted it cannot continue under its current leadership. For almost a year now we’ve all watched the former Internet heavyweight flounder in almost all areas and lost a majority of the brilliance it once had. During this downward spiral, a wealth of talent and knowledge has walked out the doors as has billions in stock market value.
Microsoft continues to battle everything and everyone, but relatively speaking, hasn’t done as badly as it might have. Apple is cutting production (but still has the iPod to fall back on), Sun is going to help with search, and Windows 7 is a big step in the right direction.
Google continues to dominate search, but there are questions as to how reliable Google’s cloud-based apps are. However, as long as Google remains almost the only pay-per-click option on the block, they can continue to bully their advertisers into keeping profits high.
Obviously a whole lot more has happened, but hopefully I can comment on that more as it happens instead.