2004 was a pretty good year on the tech front. Looking into the new year, there are a couple trends that are likely to have an impact on 2005. I don’t pretend to know anything about the future, but here are a few things to watch for in 2005:
Podcasting will gain some popularity, and we all hope that will mean more and better ‘casts. I spent a good deal of my holiday traveling listening to podcast shows, and found a very mixed bag - particularly in production and journalistic quality.
Mozilla has only just started its shake-up of the browser world. While Netscape is busy painting over the top of Firefox, and Microsoft is carefully nicking the ‘fox’s features, Mozilla is working on an add-on that will give Thunderbird Outlook-like power in calendaring and scheduling.
Apple is going to gag its leaks and shore-up its foothold in music. If the rumors are true, we could see Apple go cheap with a headless iMac and Flash iPod. Then what will PC users have to complain about?
That’s all I got, the ball is starting to fog up. Of course, I wish all of you the best in 2005.
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