ReadWriteStart

We seem to make a lot of predictions that new features and products launched by the likes of Facebook, Google, or Twitter are going to be "killers" of some sort. Facebook Places, for example, could be a "Foursquare killer." Facebook Messaging could be a "Gmail killer." A new analytics product from Twitter will be a "Klout killer." Often, as these examples indicate, these predictions come at the expense of startups.