10 things that will NOT happen in 2010
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In one week or so we will start seeing old media and new media outlets making this year’s roundup and will make their predictions of what the new year will bring. The roundups usually don’t mention how many predictions they failed on the previous year but that is just the way it goes. I’ve decided to open the predictions season with a twist: I am going to predict 10 things that will not happen in 2010 and next year we will be able to see if I got any of them right. These predictions were made taking into account that Pluto is a planet and belongs to the solar system, that Taurus is the best Zodiac sign there is, that the Moon was never stepped by anyone and that “Mars Attacks” is actually a documentary from the future.
- Microsoft will deliver a complete product at launch date : Millions of users will praise the stability, usability and overall performance of latest software coming from Redmond.
- Tom from Mypace will get a Twitter AND a Facebook account: Tom will join Twitter AND Facebook after loosing all his friends on MySpace.
- Teleport Machines will be available to the general public: Techcrunch and Mashable will start a series of rumors about Apple having one but the rumors won’t come true (Just like with the Apple Tablet)
- The “Fail Whale” will be a memory: Twitter’s uptime will be 100% and “Fail Whale” screen shots will be shown at the Tate Gallery in London
- Celebrities abandoning Twitter : After rounding up thousands of followers, following just 12 people and start being criticized by users no celebrity will close their twitter account and make declarations to the press about how much “twitter sucks”. All of them will actually make the effort to engage and use it properly.
- Rupert Murdoch will get it: Rupert Murdoch, in a global press conference that will also be seen at the ISS, will apologise to everyone and will start being a strong advocate of open source content and creative commons.
- Apple will start getting along just fine with its competitors: The Cuppertino based company will announce that will open its technology and will encourage competitors to copy its products and spread the iAPPLE Love
- Britney Spears’ Bots will cease to torment Twitter: From one day to the other they will be gone. Forever. Really! Forever. Two days later George Michael’s spam bots will start to torment Twitter.
- The Rolling Stones will end their career: In a move that will leave the entire globe saddened the Rolling Stones will announce the end of their career after making a tour with Lady Gaga. They will then return in 2011 and make a disco-funk release!
- FOX News will be fair in the way they treat the news: Advertising will drop, Sarah Palin will host the “Palin sayzit like it is” to atract a younger audience and advertising will still drop. By December 2010 Fox News will start to be biased again.
This are my predictions of what will NOT happen in 2010. What are yours? Please let me know!
