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Wordpress? My students really did not like it compared to Yahoo 360 and
Yahoo Mash. I think the young crowd will stay with Yahoo, the old crowd
may move to Wordpress, or at least with Blogger (Blogspot).
In regards to Google's dominance, if someone can create an open source
search engine such as Wikia and localize it, I think it will have
potential in Vietnam:
http://alpha.search.wikia.com/
iPhone needs to keep innovating to keep their customers. I lost
interest in my iPhone and gave it away. I want a Blackberry which seems
to get more popular here. Watch Samsung and Nokia adding iPhone-like
features on their new phones. Still, 200K-250K seems about right.
SLG should do well in 2008 
Yeah i love WOW too, VinaGame or FPT Online should grab this cool game.
If Y! can fix their 360 problem on time there's still a good chance that
360 accounts will keep increasing.
Some more perspectives adding to Jason's great insights:
Social Media:
- The hottest names in 2007 like Yobanbe and Cyworld would pave the way
for more creative and Vietnamese insight based approaches that are
totally different from known US models
- The rise of wiki-inspired startups
Search:
- Vertical search will earn the credits and become a force for Google to
reckon with
Online Gaming:
- Still more competition among big players with much fewer bucks
Investment:
- Newly rich class of some elite persons, who earn most of their paper
money from recent IPOs, will be happy to play the angel investor role
As an Asian-American software engineer in Saigon where would I go to
connect with existing Web 2.0 startups here?
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