Hubdub is a market-leading developer of software for prediction markets. The software allows users to make predictions about a wide range of events. In the past, Hubdubbers have correctly predicted the outcome of the US presidential elections, including the complete distribution of the electoral college votes. But they have also correctly predicted the outcome of the X-Factor.

The power of prediction markets can also be used for market research purposes, to gauge the likely success of a new product, for example. And the Hubdub website also shows how Hubdub news predictions can be used to generate a social networking space for people interested in general or specialized news.

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Hubdub launched its new fantasy sports product, FanDuel. FanDuel is a premium, paid-for game focused on fantasy sports. Most fantasy sports require a lot of time commitment,since you have to play for an entire season. FanDuel, however, lets you play and win in a single day. Integration with sites like Facebook and Twitter means that picking opponents is easy, as is bragging about your wins. 1800blogger commented: "This is a first for the fantasy sports industry which has been dominated by the big players such as Yahoo, CBS and ESPN for too long." Check it out for yourself! (20 July 2009)

Hubdub recently signed a partnership agreement with The Independent newspaper. Read more about this in TechCrunch (16 October 2008). And you can read here how The Independent covered its Hubdub partnership (23 November 2008).