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So here we are in 09! List of predictions and trends to watch for this year have been continuously circulated in the media virtually and trad. To wrap this up, Im categorizing some of those lists I found.

WEB / SOCIAL NETWORKING / MEDIA

Tech

• 21st-Century Networking
• Cloud Computing
• Crowdfunding
  
• Online TV Network Crackle
• Online Video Ads
• Readers + Social Media = Revenue? - expaaaaaand
• The Decline of E-Mail
• Twitter Copycats – Besides Plurk what else is up to store?
• Virtual Reality Therapy
• Virtual Socializing - Uhmnn.. We are already on it right?
  
• Widgets - extensions of everything????

Sites

• Loopt – “mashup” of Google Maps and social-networking for mobile phones
• Cooliris – new search engine which allows users to preview images and video
• Funnyordie – contender for 2009′s funniest website
• Erento - eBay for renters
• Wikileaks – wiki is going political! revealing unethical behavior in the governments and corporations
• Lala.com – Step back last.fm?
• hi5 – another SNS, it’s been live for a time now, wonder what uniquely it can offer this year? I’m curious.

COMPUTER / MOBILE / GADGETS TECH

• Netbooks
• Telepresence
• Mobile Phones Get Personal
• Holographic Projection
• Touch Screens

PEOPLE

Actors

• Gerard Butler
• Elizabeth Banks
• Emma Stone
• Amy Poehler

Athletes

• Lance Armstrong
• Ricky Rubio

Business Tycoons

• T. Boone Pickens

Characters

• Bruno

Comedians

• Russell Brand

Designers

• Maria Pinto

Family – Politicians

• Michelle Obama

Musicians

• Lady GaGa
• Lykke Li

ENTERTAINMENT

Media Gossips

• Presidential Sightseeing
• Prince William Wedding Watch

Movies

• Dragonball

TV

• The Cleveland Show

POLITICS

• Obama Speaks

ECONOMY / MARKETING

• Microfinancing’s Second Wave
• Credit Card Dieting

SCIENCE

• NASA’s Kepler Telescope

ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT

• Environmental Exercise
• Residential Market for Solar Power
• The Energy Race

HEALTH

• Affordable Nutrition
• Nutrition Replaces Dieting

VEHICLES

• EarthRoamer
• Electric Bikes

GEO

• Doha
• South Africa
• Inconspicuous Travel
• Personalized Travel Guides

HEADLINES / GENERAL TOPICS / TERMS

• No “Paper” in Newspapers
• The Collective Consciousness
• Outliers (as a term)
• Creativity in the Informal Economy
• Career Reinvention and Extension
• Distraction as Entertainment
• The Small Movement

If there might be some that you think I had categorized incorrectly let me know.

Sources:
JWT press release
Hot on the net