5 Key Trends of 2010: Half-Year Report for The Web

An interesting article on some trends that have developed thus far this year. Which trends are you following?

It's now a little over 6 months into 2010, so a good time to reflect on the highlights of the year so far. At the beginning of the year, we identified some key trends to track: (in alphabetical order) Augmented Reality, Internet of Things, Mobile, Real-Time Web, Structured Data.

Mobile and Real-Time Web have been particularly eventful in 2010. Augmented Reality and Internet of Things are both early stage trends, but have continued to edge towards the mainstream this year. The movement towards Structured Data has made significant progress in 2010, primarily thanks to RDFa and the adoption of that Semantic Web format by Facebook, Google and other big companies.

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The first links of the New Year!

Just tossing out a few links for thought on this mid-winter's day: 

What Will You Miss When Newspapers Disappear? (Seth Godin via PSFK) 

Would a Greener Apple Make for Sour Grapes? (via Undercurrents blog) 

January 29th, 1895: Modern Electricity is born! (via Wired.com) 

>Free iPod/iPhone Wallpapers featuring rock stars through the decades (these guys always have great downloads like this -- check out the free handwriting fonts post from a few weeks ago). 

Britian Reports: Broadband for all by 2012. (via Brand Republic) 

How Typos and Factual Errors Could Be Killing Your Blog Readership (via The Blog Herald)

Tips to Stay Green Around the Office, at Virtually No Cost. (via Graphic Define)

Check out this barrage of Obama-inspired advertising: 

Tropicana Squeeze Hires Obama Lookalike and Kids. (via The New Advertising)

Pepsi Borrows a Slogan...and a Design...and an Entire Advertising Campaign. (via Debbie Schussel)

Coke Trades 'The Coke Side of Life' for the Chance to 'Open Happiness.' (via Business Week)

Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone

SAN FRANCISCO--Google already has customized some of its Web sites for display on the iPhone, but now the company also dived headlong onto Apple's highly regarded mobile phone with a full-fledge application, a handheld version of its Google Earth geographical software.

Google Earth lets people virtually fly around a 3D view of the world made from satellite and aerial imagery mapped onto the planet's mountains and valleys. The iPhone version reproduces this core experience, downloading imagery from Google's servers as the perspective shifts and dotting the map with landmarks, photos, and other information.

"The idea of having Earth on a mobile device is something people dreamed of back to the Keyhole days and before," said Peter Birch, Google Earth's product manager, referring to the satellite imagery company Google acquired in 2004. "This is the first opportunity we've had to be able to deliver a great experience."

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