Tell me the future...

1. Chris Wolfe is the co founder of MySpace and he says that these online networking sites are fast eveolving into a social web. He says that he expects it to become infinitely more personal portable and collabarative. He also says that the expectations of the users of these social websites are growing rapidly - they expect to be able to use these sites more often, more easily and more safely. Portable technology will fufill these expectations and ultimately make this phenomenon even more popular.
2. Chad hurley is the co founder of YouTube and his goal is to make this video site available to every person on the planet by making videos easier to upload and to access. He is an extremely positive technology determinist because he is predicting his comapnys technology to develop into ore complex, widely accessible and informative within the next five years.
3. Maurice Levy says that advertising companies will have to be much more creative to catch our eye as more and more people use digital technology. She says that this is because of the 'explosion of media channels'. The difference bwtween linear and liquid media is that in liquid, you can move in and out of settings. (You don't have to follow as many rules - you have more freedom)
4. Norvig is saying that when Edison invented electricity, he had no idea that this invention would lead to things like MP3 players and T.Vs, this is the case with online technology as well - people now use the internet for nearly all their needs: shopping, socializing, gaming, communicating. Norvig seems to convey the idea that the impact the internet is having is so great, that it may one day be as significant as the impact electricity has had on our lives.
5. The impact of technology on the economy is that less developed countries are being provided with less power, cables, etc. If this continues, there will be a huge digital divide between deceloped countries and undeveloped countries as some people will have the internet whereas others won't.