Finally a prediction about 2012 that has nothing to do with that pesky Mayan calendar and the supposed end of the world According to phonecount com a site that uses an algorithm to among other things count down to the day that everyone on Earth is connected by phones predicts that by Feb 21 2012 the number of connected phones on the planet will surpass the human population As Anders Northeved pointed out this week that means that for every person who doesn t have a phone…

RiseSmart’s Super Bowl analysis, released last Monday, revealed an amazingly strong correlation between Super Bowl winners and jobless rates — and predicted Green Bay would win Sunday’s game as a result.

And sure enough, the Packers won, making it 17 wins out of the last 20 Super Bowls for teams whose metropolitan areas had the lower unemployment rate.

Even today, many HR departments and individual jobseekers want “proof” that social networking is a worthwhile use of their time. So we’ll add a survey that RiseSmart conducted regarding LinkedIn to the mounting evidence. From today’s news release:

Getting former supervisors, colleagues and other professional contacts to post recommendations on your LinkedIn® profile can put you on a faster track to finding a new job, according to a new survey conducted by RiseSmart®, a leading provider of next-generation outplacement and recruitment solutions.

When you’re on the job market, you want to ensure that you have every advantage. Even when you’re on the go. That’s why RiseSmart created...