Mary Meeker of Morgan StanleyMary Meeker writes one of my favorite trends report each year, Morgan Stanley's Technology Trends Report.  This makes for great weekend reading.  It gives you both a US and global perspective on the trends most affecting the technology industry broadly, primarily from a B2C perspective.  It has already been forwarded to me by many of the most connected people I know in technology, such as Josh Kopelman (one of our investors), showing its broad impact.

While all of the findings are of interest (mobile, widgets, personalization, etc.), this year I was most struck by three big trends:

  •  The global traffic share gains of YouTube, Facebook, Hi5, Wikipedia, and Orkut - all making the global top-10 for the first time.  I remember when Time selected "You" as the "Person of the Year" for their Dec. 2006 cover.  They may have called it too early.  Social connection online has truly arrived.  The growth of these sites are staggering, highlighting the power of community, user-generated content, and word of mouth online.
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