Graduation and out into the world

As graduation near I not only look forward to a new chapter of my life but also a new adventure. This summer I will be spending most of my summer with a French family and experiencing French culture. After months of reading books, researching and planning I am about to be completely immerse in French culture. One of the topic I encountered was learning through technology, more precisely the web. A topic that was not covered but I believe it will be more important as higher education increase in cost. One of the services I found was personal language lesson via webcam and microphone. I find this idea great and could be used in many ways. Yet, the web cam has not been as widely adopted as the cell phone. The question I pose is how is technology adopted? can bogging accelerate adoption of new ideas and if yes to what extent?