Since I’ve been at Mashable, my track record with year-end predictions has been pretty good. That’s probably because rather than making wild and sexy pontifications about what will happen in the year ahead (but almost certainly will not), I tend to just look at the trends of the past year and make educated guesses about how those will evolve. Boring and predictable, perhaps, but also a good way to round up the year past (in our little part of the world) and talk about the year ahead. Below, a look back at 2009’s picks — six of which were pretty spot on — and some educated guesstimates for 2010. Happy New Year! 2009’s Report Card Facebook and MySpace Become Aggressive Acquirers Both Facebook and MySpace made a number of significant deals this year. Most notably, Facebook gobbled up FriendFeed, while MySpace pushed further into digital entertainment by acquiring both iLike and iMeem. With $100 million in fresh financing, Twitter also got into the acquisit…[...]

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6 Tech Predictions That Helped Shape 2009 and 6 That Might Shape 2010