Prediction Time!

This time of the year is for predictions and we have come up with our set for 2007!

• Vista will still make money! and yes, not surprisingly it will still be insecure
• Few Web 2.0 startups will survive 2007
• AOL will survive 2007 ;-) or get taken over
  
• Google will continue to dominate the world diversifying even more
• Ubuntu will gain more popularity than ever
• You will start seeing more video ads!
• Blogging will surge even more and a promiment medium for communication
  
• India will start to find some outsourcing competiion from other countries but will continue to lead
• We will see the Apple Phone which will be very popular
• Firefox will continue to gain market share - around 30% this year end
• Skype will run on losses - VoIP will be more widely used
  

More as they as come...

Google - No.1 in 2007?

Internet search giant Google, which defied gravity this year, is set to become the world's most visited Internet site in 2007.

Google's revenue hit $7.2 billion for the first three quarters of 2006. Its stock topped the $500-a-share mark (now at $468). Most significant, Google in October acquired highflying video site YouTube for $1.7 billion. Measurement services ComScore Media Metrix and Nielsen/NetRatings plan to add YouTube to Google's overall rankings next year.

Read about Google's Surge