Seriously, none of the companies mentioned by name are particularly innovative or ahead of the curve (e.g. WeChat, which has tons of competitors with similar fe

Seriously, none of the companies mentioned by name are particularly innovative or ahead of the curve (e.g. WeChat, which has tons of competitors with similar feature sets, user numbers, and prospects). I can't really see any reason to mention them at all unless there's a bit of back-scratchin' going on... [Moreover, given the generally random nature of the other "predictions" (some are just stupid, and are no way going to happen, and others are just repeating common wisdom) and I wonder if the purpose of the entire list is to push those companies....]