This week’s 4cast:
- Library/Web 2.0/Tech Predictions for 2008
It’s officially 2008, and along with the New Year come predictions of the technologies (web, library, otherwise) that will make it big in ’08.
- 30 Library Technology Predictions for 2008 (Stephen’s Lighthouse)
- Web 2.0 Predictions for 2008 (Dion Hinchcliffe’s Web 2.0 Blog)
- The Top Inventions of 2008 (Global Politician)
- 10 Predictions for 2008 in the World of Tech (LouisGray.com)
- Wikia Search Goes Alpha
On January 7, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales launched the alpha version of Wikia Search, a search engine that allows users to rank results, thereby increasing relevancy for subsequent searches.
- Wikipedia Founder Offers Rival Search Engine to Google (
- Wikia Search is a Complete Letdown (TechCrunch)
- Wikia Search – Miles Behind the Competition (Mashable)
- Wikia Search – Google Killer… Hardly (Search Marketing Gurus)
- Netscape No More
Netscape Navigator, once the go-to browser for over 90% of web users, will no longer be supported by AOL (its current owner) beginning February 1, 2008. The Netscape Team encourages users to download Mozilla Firefox instead.
- End of Support for Netscape Web Browsers (Netscape Blog)
- RIP: Netscape Navigator (1994-2008) (Boing Boing)
- AOL to End Support for Netscape Browser (The New York Times)
- Web Icon Set to be Discontinued (BBC News)
- Teens & Technology: They’re Savvier Than You Think
Now more than ever, teens are embracing the “conversational nature of interactive online media.†This behavior creates a new platform on which to serve teen customers.
- Teens and Social Media (Pew Internet & American Life Project)
- Teens are Savvy Online Users (Librarian In Black)
- More Teens Have Used IM for Homework than for Dating (Walking Paper)
- Ignoring Our Digital Community (David Lee King)
