The 'eBaying' and 'Craigslisting' of the World.
If it was the end of the year and I had to predict the most obvious
upcoming trend, I probably would find myself in a crowd of analysts
that pick phrases like "empowering the consumer" or "further
emancipation from traditional media," or something like that.
There seems to be a relentless "ebaying" and "craigslisting" of the world. The launch of kijiji.com (mentioned here yesterday) is just another step into that direction.
The
last year has seen a bunch of launches of new consumer-oriented
services, ranging from online services for borrowing things in your
town (dieborger.de, for example), finding cheap (...)