John Battelle’s 2013 Predictions

I am a fan of John Battlelle’s annual predictions:

Predictions 2013

http://battellemedia.com/archives/2013/01/predictions-2013.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JohnBattellesSearchblog+%28John+Battelle%27s+Searchblog%29

2013 will be the year that….

– We figure out what the hell “Big Data” really is, and realize it’s bigger than we thought (despite its poor name). \

– Adtech does not capitulate, in fact, it has its best year ever, thanks to … data.

– Google trumps Apple in mobile.

– The Internet enables frictionless (but accountable) payments

– Twitter comes of age and recommits itself as an open platform.

– Facebook embraces the “rest of the web.”

– By the end of the year, Amazon will have an advertising business on a run rate comparable to Microsoft.

– The world will learn what “synthetic biology” is, because of a major breakthrough in the field.

Waiting . . . 😉

Stephen