Phil Simon, 12/16/11

Author, 'The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business'

It's that time again -- time to look around the corner and make predictions about the new year. Here are 10 technology and business trends that will affect businesses and consumers alike in the coming year.

John Giacobbi, 12/16/11

Tales from the Interweb by The Web Sheriff

If you don't want your festive holiday cheer to go south quicker than Rick Perry's presidential ambitions then here are a few useful tips as to the Do's and Don'ts of online shopping.

Dan Rather, 12/16/11

Host, 'Dan Rather Reports'

You know the world has changed in a fundamental way when you look at many of the news stories this year and realize that they had something remarkable in common: social media.

Josh Levy, 12/16/11

Internet Campaign Director, Free Press

AT&T;, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon do so many bad, annoying and anti-consumer things that it's almost impossible to document it all.

Brene Brown, 12/15/11

Research Professor, University of Houston

Even if letting ourselves be seen and opening ourselves up to judgment or disappointment feels terrifying, the alternatives are worse.

Larry Magid, 12/15/11

Technology journalist

Here's a shocker for some. By two important measures, teens are safer online now than they were before the advent of social media. The good news comes at a time when the majority of American youth are using social media, most notably Facebook.

Arielle Ford, 12/15/11

Publicist and Writer

While your Website is your first hub, Facebook should be "your number two," because it's where conversations happen. By making yourself and your content available through your Facebook page, it's easier for fans to follow you.

Edward Muzio, 12/15/11

CEO, Group Harmonics

Every ounce of attention, positive or negative, feeds more power to the content receiving it. That's the power of shutting up: it keeps you from voting for what you despise.

Jonathan Spalter, 12/16/11

Chairman, Mobile Future

2011 was a banner year for mobile and wireless consumers. Among other things, this was the year when the number of mobile subscriptions surpassed the number of people.

John Haydon, 12/16/11

Founder, Inbound Zombie

The search features in Google Plus are extremely robust. You can search public posts, posted shared with you, Personal Profiles (the parts that are public or shared with you), Pages and Sparks.

Tom Alderman, 12/15/11

Media, Presentation and Speech trainer, speech writer and founder of MediaPrep

For the longest time AT&T; Wireless spent a lot of ad dollars telling us they had 'more bars in more places' -- which turned out to be quite true for Tijuana -- not so much for our phones. The ads were more apsirational than fact-based.

Naval Ravikant, 12/15/11

Founder of AngelList, Epinions, Vast

There isn't a shortage of developers and designers. There's a surplus of founders.

Catherine Warren, 12/15/11

President, FanTrust Entertainment Strategies

What can the mass media 1 percent learn from the digital 99 percent? Today, it seems that the media splits unevenly into the "haves" and the "have apps."

Lisa Steinberg, 12/15/11

Editor In Chief, Starry Constellation Magazine

The fact that social media can have such a domineering effect on the programs we watch on a daily basis is both titillating and frightening all rolled into one.

Sandra Aistars, 12/15/11

Executive director, the Copyright Alliance

The process, hurdles and cost burdens proposed by the OPEN Act make this an unworkable alternative for artists and creators.

Bhanu Narasimhan, 12/15/11

Chairperson,International Women's Conference and Director of Woman and Child Welfare Programs, Art of Living Foundation

We need to discover ways in which technology can help facilitate our spirit of enquiry. What is the middle-path in the use of technology and how do we find it?

Evan Shapiro, 12/14/11

President, IFC

To say that television is going to be replaced by online video -- or by anything else -- both misinterprets the facts and misunderstands the very definition of TV.