Technologies To Watch Fail In 2009 108
An anonymous reader writes "Microblogs, targeted advertising, social news, online video, streaming music, and enterprise social networking are among the technologies that will probably fail in 2009, according to a new report from Internet Evolution. The report cites revenue figures, failed or non-existent business models, and an overabundance of 'me-too' start-ups, combined with the current recession, as reasons the aforementioned technologies might not survive the year. 'Whereas the past couple of years have been defined by overcrowding and overfunding in the Web 2.0 space, and an onslaught of startups with no purpose or plan to make money, this recessionary year is likely to see more due diligence on the part of VCs, allowing strong companies and technologies to emerge from the smoldering pile of dead ones.'"
Social news? (Score:5, Funny)
It's been a sweet ride, but goodbye Slashdot! See you on the other side!
Re:Not technologies that will fail (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Social news? (Score:4, Funny)
Actually, the death of Slashdot is a blessing in disguise. You see, Slashdot is entirely responsible for the current global economic crises. When a nerd or other smart person first reads this site, he or she is instantly hooked on the discourse with other nerds, even if it's just inane drivel. As more and more nerds get addicted to Slashdot, productive grinds to a halt, causing companies to fail. The happened first in North America with the dotcom crash. As ubiquitous internet access spread around the world, so did Slashdot's productivity sucking force. That is why we're now in a global recession, except for Africa where there's been an on going recession ever since an unfortunately soul laid out a stone and a stick in a /. pattern thousands of years ago. Cowboy Neal is nobody more than a drug runner for the Bilderberger Group who plan to control all the intelligence in the world with their Slashdot drug.
DRM (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Social news? (Score:3, Funny)
Cowboy Neal is nobody more than a drug runner for the Bilderberger Group who plan to control all the intelligence in the world with their Slashdot drug.
I see, it's all so clear now. It is actually Cowboy Neal Stephenson, and he is peddling Slash Crash to the tech community resulting in a reverse technological singularity.