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Wow, I don't think they understand the definition of "prediction." Restating things that have been happening for the last 5 years is not predicting. This make us look good;-)

Interest graph targetting that can predict what people will be discussing

"Unsurprisingly, Google is still at the top of the pile: it will account for 56% of all mobile ad sales. Perhaps more surprisingly, Twitter is doing better than Facebook in driving revenues where mobile ads are concerned: the world's biggest social network will make half as much as Twitter in mobile ads this year: $72.7 million versus $129.7 million, the analysts say. However that is bound to be reversed over time: eMarketer predicts that by 2014, Facebook will be making $629.4 million in mobile ads, compared to $444 million for Twitter, putting Facebook at a distant second to Google. Longer term, eMarketer predicts that U.S. mobile advertising will generate sales of $12 billion by 2016."

Predictions-oriented survey

Data mining in World of Warcraft (sample of 14,400) shows that players fall into different "cliques" of highly predictable (80% accuracy) behavior based on the sort of achievements and activities they like to pursue. The researchers indicate that these lessons could be applied to online retailing as well. Also confirms my suspicion that there are more lessons to learn in these virtual environments than people want to give them credit for.

Predictions on the future of online video. 

"First, the artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms had to train themselves. They used about 78% of the data-some 295,267 records-to search for patterns and build their own internal "guidelines." They then tested themselves on the remaining records. Using record data available in 2005, they predicted which patients would have their first cardiovascular event over the next 10 years, and checked the guesses against the 2015 records. Unlike the ACC/AHA guidelines, the machine-learning methods were allowed to take into account 22 more data points, including ethnicity, arthritis, and kidney disease."

Digitas mobile predictions

1. online video will become a must for brands and businesses 2. we'll see a shift from UGC to professional content 3. we'll sit through more online video ads than ever 4. online video will become more social 5. producing quality content will be easier than ever 6. people will start taking copyright seriously 7. online video WON'T kill TV

Called Samsung London 2012 Predictor, this app makes it fun to predict winners of events by letting you go up against your friends on Facebook.

Academic work out of HP Labs showing social media as an accurate predictor of Hollywood box office success or failure.