Fingerprint-Based, Intelligent, Content Pre-Fetching

Example apparatus and methods concern fingerprint-based, intelligent, content pre-fetching. An example apparatus may have a memory that is configured to store content items or fingerprints derived from content items. The apparatus may include a set of logics that are configured to selectively asynchronously provide a content item or a fingerprint derived from the content item to a data store on a mobile computing device. The items are provided in response to an event other than a request for content from the mobile computing device. The apparatus may be configured to select the content item based on a proactive, crowd-sourced, predictive and adaptive method. The apparatus may provide the content item or the fingerprint to the mobile device and to other related mobile devices or users. The apparatus may consider the state (e.g., available memory, available battery, available communication channels) of the mobile device before providing content.