Following straight on from 2011's look to 2012, here are my predictions for 2013 I won't ruin the fun by talking about any of the predictions here directly but inside you'll find some (possibly controversial) opinions on what I expect to see from the worlds of technology, media, marketing and business in the year ahead.

1. CRAIGLEGRICE/@CRAIGLEGRICE/CRAIGLEGRICE.COM
13PREDICTIONSFOR2013
01
RIMWILLDIE.BLACKBERRYWILLRESTRUCTUREAND
BEFORCEDTOREPOSITIONTOSURVIVE-IFIT’SNOT
ACQUIRED.
02
GOOGLEWILLBEREQUIREDBYEUREGULATORSTO
TRANSFORMITSSEARCHPRACTICES-SPECIFICALLY
AROUNDHOWITDISPLAYSRESULTSFORITSOWN
PRODUCTS.
03
AUGMENTEDREALITYWILLGOMAINSTREAM.
(IDIDSAYTHISIN2011ABOUT2012,BEARWITHME).
04
GOOGLE’SCHROMEBOOKSWILLTRANSFORMITS
POSITIONWITHINHARDWARE.(INPARTNERSHIP).
05
APPLE’SiPADLINEUPWILLREACHTHE100MUNITS
SOLDMARK-iPADMINIWILLMOVETOTHENUMBER
1SPOTINTHERANGE.
06
MOBILEPLAYERSWILLDIVERSIFY-MICROSOFTWILL
LAUNCHITSOWNHARDWARE,SAMSUNGWILL
DEVELOPANOS.(OPERATINGSYSTEM).
07
TWITTERWILLPREPAREFORIPOINQ4-AT$15-20BN.
08
THETECHNOLOGYINCUBATORMARKET(LIKEPIONEER
Y-COMBINATOR)WILLSLOWDOWN,WITHCASUALTIES
BEINGCLOSURESANDREDUCEDFUNDING.
09
JACKDORSEY’SSQUAREWILLBESOLDTOANEXISTING
PAYMENTSPROVIDER-POSSIBLYPAYPAL,POSSIBLYA
CARDNETWORK.(VISA,MASTERCARD,AMEXETC).
10
FACEBOOKWILLLAUNCHMAJORPRIVACYCHANGES
THREETIMESINTHE12MONTHSINRESPONSETO
MOUNTINGPRESSUREFROMINTERNATIONALDATA
BODIES.
11
THE‘AGGREGATOR’SPACEWILLFINALLYMATURE,
WITHONEPLATFORMCAPABLEOFBRINGINGTOGETHER
ALLSOCIALPLATFORMS.
12
SOMEONEFROMMIT/HARVARD/STANFORDWILL
FINALLYLAUNCHANEWANDSECUREWAYTOREPLACE
THEHUMBLEPASSWORD.
13
MYSPACEWILLSURVIVEANOTHERYEAR...