These Predictions for 2010 Were Way Off

The media gave us plenty of predictions for 2010, and plenty of them simply didn’t come true. AOL News lists some of the most glaring:

• Job growth will begin again. Newsweek predicted it unemployment would fall “below 9%,” but it was never less than 9.5%.
• Republicans won’t storm the midterms. The National Review foresaw “good, though not great, gains.” The GOP won 63 House seats.

• Twitter will fizzle. Tell that to the 100 million new users this year, CNBC.
• We’ll start riding Google Wave. Or so thought CNN. Google shut it down within a year of its debut.
• Netbooks will be hot. CNBC was wrong here, too: sales sunk.
• The iPad won’t sell. More than 4 million buyers proved Infoworld.com incorrect.
• Americans will use mobile devices like credit cards. So said reichental.com. Swiped your smartphone lately?

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