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Now, we want to know: What do you think will be the biggest tech and social media trends of 2012?
For some inspiration, check out Mashable Editor-in-Chief Lance Ulanoff's tech predictions post. He cites augmented reality, micro-payment, UltraBooks, mobile chip wars and social/digital exhaustion as this year's top stories. Editorial Director Josh Catone recently shared where he believes Facebook is going, and Business Editor Todd Wasserman gave his take on whereTwitter is headed.
We also recently held a Google Hangout to see what the Mashable community on Google+ predicts for the coming year. There they talked about and played around with augmented reality, and discussed the future of social networking and Google+. Here are some of of our favorite moments from the Hangout: