---
title: "Web Technology Trends for 2008 and Beyond: Update"
date: 2008-05-29
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2008"
    url: "/tag/2008.md"
---

# Web Technology Trends for 2008 and Beyond: Update

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20081226072017im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/rww_preso_mar08.jpg)Today I gave a presentation at the [XMediaLab](https://web.archive.org/web/20081226072017/http://www.xmedialab.com/) event in Wellington New Zealand, entitled: *What’s Next on the Web? Web Technology Trends for 2008 and Beyond*. It was an update of [a presentation I gave in Sydney in March](https://web.archive.org/web/20081226072017/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_technology_trends_for_2008.php). It covers some of the top trends we track on ReadWriteWeb; such as Websites becoming web services, Semantic Apps, Open Data, Mobile Web, Recommendation Engines.

The presentation is available as [a slideshow on Slideshare](https://web.archive.org/web/20081226072017/http://www.slideshare.net/ricmac/web-technology-trends-for-2008-and-beyond-may-2008-update) (embedded below) and can be downloaded too. Each slide has links to ReadWriteWeb content, should you wish to drill down on a topic more.

Let us know your feedback / suggestions in the comments – I will continue to add to and tweak this presentation as these Web trends evolve. Alert readers will notice one new slide, page 9 about [The Social Networking Arms Race](https://web.archive.org/web/20081226072017/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_social_networking_arms_race.php).

Note: [click here](https://web.archive.org/web/20081226072017/http://www.slideshare.net/ricmac/web-technology-trends-for-2008-and-beyond-may-2008-update) and then click ‘full’ (bottom right) to view full screen and enable the links inside the presentation.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_technology_trends_for_2008_1.php))*