Last year I made several predictions that now seem ridiculously retarded. But a few ideas were pretty close. I’ve got a feeling that 2006 will be a big year, and here are some of the reasons why:
- A Mt View startup is going to open our eyes to some new ways that mobile mating can influence culture. The Times will pick up on this and run several cover stories on the founders.
- Tom De Bruyne will be in the spotlight for his decision to support web 2.0. This will upset Coolz0r, and the blogosphere will react deranged. The noise will quiet before the end of the year and it will all be forgotten soon after the shock.
- Google will see their stock skyrocket after their GeoLocated Maps-Based Pizza Delivery business starts taking off. We’ve seen it coming for a while now, but 2006 will be the year it really kicks into gear.
- Either Skype or Amazon will seek to expand their mobile business by acquiring Movil.be. eBay will be overlooked in the process, and they will see a management shakeout later in the year.
- One of the big leaders in the marketing industry will wake up to the opportunity in the Internet and the Web 2.0 trends. After months of speculation, they will make a key merger that will shake up the landscape for years to come.
Okay, I didn’t have the time to seriously think about predictions, so I used Matt McAlister’s Dotcom Prediction Generator.
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- via [InsideGoogle]