I guess a better title would be "Is the web browser dying". It seems to me like the web is transforming away from the browser into standalone applications that

I guess a better title would be "Is the web browser dying". It seems to me like the web is transforming away from the browser into standalone applications that use the underlying architecture. Sure it's still HTTP requests going back and forth from the Facebook app but it is different from the old way of building a website. I don't think any major service has launched in a long time without a dedicated app for iPhone and Android as their main product, the browser experience is just too clunky on mobile.