* 2022 Google goes the way of FB in terms of press.
* 2023 Apple re-enters the social media market (leveraging iMessage)
* 2023 FB starts placing ads on external websites, eating into Google's market
* 2024 Amazon's commingling strategy and federated approach to "sellers" & "shippers" turns against it, making room for another major player to enter the market by focusing on quality.
* 2024 Comcast stops trying to push their TV service with Internet packages
* 2024 Y-Combinator adopts a syndicate system (similar to Angel List)
* 2025 A universal flu vaccine is universally available
* 2026 Alexa is now seen as the Hyundai of assistants. Google is Mercedes. Siri is Tata.
* 2026 Online ads revolution - a new format of ads, cleaner, more precise/focused, less intrusive (but more efficient) takes over.
* 2027 FB market cap overtakes Google & Apple
* 2027 Google launches a human-like virtual assistant that can handle everything a human can.
* 2028 China walls off even more of the internet.
* Around 2029 a new category of wearables appears. Not mainstream yet, but very promising, turning current interaction paradigms on their head. Google is a major partner, but not a leader of this.
* 2029 WiFi is largely available for free in all public areas (including on a plane).
* 2023 Apple re-enters the social media market (leveraging iMessage)
* 2023 FB starts placing ads on external websites, eating into Google's market
* 2024 Amazon's commingling strategy and federated approach to "sellers" & "shippers" turns against it, making room for another major player to enter the market by focusing on quality.
* 2024 Comcast stops trying to push their TV service with Internet packages
* 2024 Y-Combinator adopts a syndicate system (similar to Angel List)
* 2025 A universal flu vaccine is universally available
* 2026 Alexa is now seen as the Hyundai of assistants. Google is Mercedes. Siri is Tata.
* 2026 Online ads revolution - a new format of ads, cleaner, more precise/focused, less intrusive (but more efficient) takes over.
* 2027 FB market cap overtakes Google & Apple
* 2027 Google launches a human-like virtual assistant that can handle everything a human can.
* 2028 China walls off even more of the internet.
* Around 2029 a new category of wearables appears. Not mainstream yet, but very promising, turning current interaction paradigms on their head. Google is a major partner, but not a leader of this.
* 2029 WiFi is largely available for free in all public areas (including on a plane).