The Year in Preview

By KAREN KAPLAN

Dec. 27, 1998 12 AM PT

Technology:

Internet: Small Web site design firms will be merging to gain the bulk necessary to challenge dominant franchises such as USWeb/CKS and iXL. A wave of consolidation also is expected among small Internet service providers. Internet advertising deals will be replaced by “strategic marketing partnerships,” but the real money to be made on the Net will come from electronic-commerce transactions. Local phone companies will offer Internet access with high-speed digital subscriber lines.

Technology and the Internet

Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

The Year in Preview

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