Sean Parker, an entrepreneur turned VC, gave a presentation at the Web2.0 summit where he says the future is with network services such as facebook and twitter not with information services such as google. His premise is that connect people is more valuable than collectind data.
I agree with him on the value of network services, but he is dead wrong on google. Google has a one of the most powerful network service. It’s called adwords/adsense. It is a network of advertisers and consumers/content. It has proven to be THE most valuable network on the web. Period.
Here is his presentation: