Yesterday we wrote about Mary Meeker’s annual overview of Internet trends at the Web 2.0 Summit. In this post we do a deeper dive into the Web themes that Meeker explored. In particular we’ll analyze mobile social networking, compare 2009 to previous years, and look at the impact of Apple and Facebook on current trends. You can also skip to the conclusion for the main points. Meeker’s presentation noted that financial markets have rebounded and that the technology sector is now “relatively impressive.” Let’s start by explaining how 2009 is different to previous years. Sponsor 2001 Redux Tim O’Reilly noted yesterday in his conference opening that the “[Web] revolution we’re seeing today is as great as the one we saw five years ago.” Mary Meeker had an interesting slide that touched on a similar point - although the dates don’t quite match. O’Reilly compared 2009 to 2004.

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