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Must Read: The Web Trends That Will Define 2010

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This post over at CNN.com covers it all: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/12/03/cashmore.web.trends.2010/index.html

Location awareness, social search, and augmented reality will compete with and sometimes complement traditional social media services.

Think Foursquare and Aardvark instead of Facebook and Digg.

Location awareness and social filters can make your search more relevant in ways that Google or Bing cannot.

I wrote about augmented reality way back when it was just a sparkle in a technologist's eye. It will become more than just a cool novelty, but it will take some time...

The glue that holds this all together is a small but powerful mobile computer.

It can be a smart phone, a tablet, or something that you wear.

Here is a compelling vision of the future of social media: http://www.matthewbuckland.com/?p=1041

How long until we get there?

I say less than five years.

What do you think?