Website Predictions
Will the New York Times print a newspaper every publishing day in 2009?
[ Most Likely ]
No, the Times won't skip a day
(79% chance)
The New York Times is said to be in financial trouble and with many people relying exclusively on the internet and the Times' website for news it may not be able to afford to publish a printed newspape...
will close on 2009-12-31 EST
Obama's economic policies are judged worse than George W Bush's economic policie
[ Most Likely ]
No
(81% chance)
Obama's economic policies will be judged a failure as opposed to GWB43. This will be determined by a relative article in the Economist at/around the closing date.
Unfortunately a 20 year timeline w...
will close on 2011-05-25 EDT
Would Canadian envoy Robert Fowler return to safety before 2009?
[ Most Likely ]
Situation not resolved yet
(49% chance)
Confusion is added to the rapidly growing mystery surrounding UN's special envoy to Niger Robert Fowler. The Canadian, along with at least one more diplomat, was abducted earlier in the week.
Front...
will close on 2009-12-31 EST
Microsoft Surface Tabletop Computer: Released before the end of Q3 2008?
[ End Result ]
No Surface bf end of Q3.
Just read about Microsoft showcasing the Surface tabletop computer at AT&T stores. This is basically testing the user market and see how well the crowd accepts the new product. Here is the official S...
[ Scored ] on 2008-11-07 EST
Is TechCrunch the latest tech blog to put up a "For Sale" sign in the window? AOL has approached it in July but no deal.
TechCrunch is a blog about Web 2.0 products & companies, many of the posts wr...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST,
Unanswered
Will YouTube put pre-roll ads into their videos before end of Q3 2008?
[ End Result ]
No ads before video!
Google still hasn't made up its mind on how to make money from YouTube. Here is a quote from:
http://technology....
"Google has said that it is still unsure how to make money from YouTube, the eno...
[ Scored ] on 2008-10-01 EDT
Canon EOS 6D (or a 5D replacement) announced in Sept 2008.
[ End Result ]
Yes, 6D coming in Sept 2008
This prediction is inspired by a news entry from dpreview.com:
"Canon has just added a mysterious teaser to its US website. The page shows a silhouette of a camera with the words 'Destined Evolution.'...
[ Scored ] on 2008-09-17 EDT
Is TechCrunch the latest tech blog to put up a "For Sale" sign in the window? Well, not exactly, but word has it that the blog about all things 2.0 sat down for chats with AOL about a possible $20-30 m...
[ Scored ] on 2008-09-03 EDT
NASDAQ:WWWW - Bully or Bearish?
ValleyWag picked up a story from WTVQ in Kentucky today on a bit of proposed legislation by State Representative Tim Couch that has designs to make illegal the ability to post anonymously to the intern...
[ Scored ] on 2008-07-08 EDT
NASDAQ:WSPI - Bully or Bearish?
Will you use Google Friend Connect if you own a web site?
[ Predicted ]
No, or don't own a web site
(69% chance)
Google has launched a preview version of Friend Connect which allows non-technical website owners to add a range of social networking features.
http://www.vnunet....
You can think of Friend Connect...
[ Closed ] on 2008-06-13 EDT,
Unanswered
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) just successfully sued one of the largest BitTorrent database website TorrentSpy.com, winning another battle against movie piracy. Wonder if another simila...
[ Scored ] on 2008-04-02 EDT
Today (2008-01-15) Apple website display
"There's something in the air"
Do you think it related to their Macbook?
[ Scored ] on 2008-01-17 EST
Google is coming out with a new unique social website which aim to integrate all the current social networking websites into one source.
[ Scored ] on 2007-11-12 EST