Mobility and multi-lingual capablity - twin towers of Web 2.0
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We’re seeing all kinds of Web 2.0 applications, and some of them are quite impressive. But we haven’t seen the true power of Web 2.0 just yet, IMHO, until we find an application that harnesses two of the biggest trends going:
1) More people use mobile devices to access the internet
2) More people are Non-English speakers than ever before
An application that can harness these markets could improve the way people live and work. A website that worked like a Babel Fish, and could translate all of the languages on Earth at once, coupled with the ability to run on cell phones, could transform marketplaces into truly global ones, where each participant had an equal chance at success.
Big traditional web success stories like EBay and Amazon have gone a long way towards fulfilling their potential, but have they truly transformed the world? Have they made information or products more accessible to the general populace? In some ways, traditional web companies still serve primarily the elite users. True Web 2.0 success will rely on the website that make people’s lives actually better, and include more people than ever in the process.
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