So it looks like my track record for 2009 may not be all that bad, although for the most part my overzealous predictions anticipated more adverse impact from the general state of the economy. Fortunately, things are looking better now so for 2010 these predictions should be a little more grounded.
It looks like 2007 was the year of the iPhone and possibly the year that Apple went into growth overdrive. Not only are they the darlings of Wall Street, but Apple has demonstrated increasing share in the home PC market. Of course, social networks continue to grow with Badoo, Xanga, Facebook and MySpace in contention with more professional networks like LinkedIn. What does this mean for the new year, and what about my prediction for the demise of hi-def video formats?
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While 2006 may have ostensibly looked like the year of the social network, there were fundamental shifts in technology that should prove to relevant in years to come. So what’s in store for 2007?