Emerging Technologies of 2008

by Jim Rapoza

The browser wars returned with a bang in 2008, and new entrant Google shocked everyone with its impressive new Chrome Web browser.

While Google was the exciting new rookie in the browser wars, stalwart veteran Mozilla stayed strong with its excellent new Firefox 3 browser.

Hulu.com revolutionized online video with its impressive site for finding and watching free and legal movies and TV shows.

Users of social networks such as Facebook finally got more control over how they share data to friends and connections.

New technologies and offerings such as Google Friend Connect make it easy for any site to add social networking capabilities.

New competition in online search emerged with offerings such as Wikia Search.

Cuil provided a more visual, if in some ways flawed, approach to Web searches.

Online services give regular users and small businesses access to near infinite amounts of online storage.

The Apple App Store provided a means for application developers to reach all iPhone users.