But in this prediction, I’m going to focus on one company that will have a pretty crazy year: Google. There’s hope in the Galaxy Nexus, but that phone is way ahead of the Android pack, and I’m not sure the ecosystem behind Android is going to follow Google’s lead here. 2006 Predictions. 2006 How I Did. MORE >>

So let’s start with Prediction #1: Twitter will become a media company, and the only “free radical of scale” in our Internet ecosystem. . We’ve seen this movie over and over again, with Google and Facebook the most notable “new media companies” of the past decade (and Microsoft the most reluctant). MORE >>

It's Twitter's third birthday, and there's been lots of chatter about Twitter's growth lately, so I thought I'd try to find some context. Google (officially) launched in Sept 1998. Twitter launched in March 2006. Interesting to note the velocity of growth in Twitter's chart, it's clearly picking up. MORE >>

2 (March/April 2006): 16–30. They have set up a Google Group where people can discuss this new idea (note: you need to apply to join the group). Library Views ????? :: ?????????????? :: April :: 2006 Says: April 15th, 2006 at 8:50 pm [.] ???????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????/??????????????????? 41, no. MORE >>

Of course, by the time this happens, no one will call it “adtech” anymore, but trust me – adtech is an artifact of a future we’ll all be living in soon. -  Google trumps Apple in mobile. But in 2013, what I wish for is that Google takes Apple’s crown. 2006 Predictions. 2006 How I Did. MORE >>