The future seems bright, not only in terms of mobile technology and technological advancements but also in terms of industrial boom, marketing, business operations, ATMS, banks and even cars. Due to changing technology and new inventions, one can expect many changes in the world in the next decade or two. So let’s get to know what exactly does the future hold for us.
1. The Future Of Social CEO
The benefits of social media are no longer unclear-CEOs who use social media are growing their businesses. As consumers become more social savvy, so must company leaders so we can expect to see CEOs getting more and more social in the near future. With over 77 million baby boomers, more CEOs will retire, making room for young leaders.
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2. The Future Of ATMs
Mobile technology is expected to have the greatest impact on the global ATM industry. Some future solutions include The Cash Barrel, The tower, the motion sensor and The Ideo. The US branch transactions are expected to decline 2.5% from 2010 to 2013 and online and mobile will surge 13.2%.
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3. The Digital Wallet And The Future Of Payments
With increasing availability of broadband networks and mobile devices, new payment methods are becoming easier to use. US consumers’ use of cash will decline by a total of 17% between 2010 and 2015. People between the ages of 20 and 44 appear to be more interested in mobile transactions such as mobile banking, coupons, shopping and payment.
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4. The Future Of Marketing
The means of communication have changed a lot since the time of cave drawings. After cave drawings, came drum signals, smoke signals and storytelling. Now we live in the age of Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter and the future sees more innovative means of marketing and communication.
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5. Education And Training For Careers In The Future
By the end of 2017, there are four industries which are expected to experience the most growth and these are health care and social assistance, construction, professional and scientific services and education and training industry.
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6. Havas Worldwide's Future First
Havas worldwide has built its business by getting clients to the Future First. The three countries which are most likely to get to the Future First are US, China and Japan. The three trends which are most likely to get to the future first are social media, sharing economy and cloud computing.
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7. 10 Ways Alcohol Is Shaping Our Future
It is a fact that 1 in 12 adults abuse alcoholics and 17.6 million people abuse alcohol worldwide and 100000 people die each year from alcohol related causes. It is shocking to know that 10000 children under 21 take their first drink and alcohol related problems cost society more than $224 Billion.
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8. Future Of Music
We live in the world of music streaming and this is evident from the fact that Music streaming in Europe was a 1.1 Billion euro business in Europe. Most people listen to music on their desktop followed by iPhone, Android Smartphones etc. The future of music definitely seems bright.
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9. Mobile Apps In The Enterprise Are The Future
Companies around the world are incorporating mobile technology and applications into their everyday operations. Businesses use apps to increase productivity, decrease paperwork and increase revenue. Due to this, 72% of small businesses use mobile apps in their operations.
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10. Mobile Broadband Connected Future
It is expected that there will be 6.6 billion mobile broadband connections by the year 2018. Infact by this year, video will account for about half of global mobile data traffic. 2013 will be the first time in history that more than an Exabyte of data will travel across the global mobile network every month.
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11. HTML5 Past, Present And Future
HTML5 finds major use in mobile and web. Some key features of HTML5 are offline and store, semantics, device access, connectivity, multimedia, 3D and graphics, performance and CSS3.
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12. The Future Of Mobile Games
In the year 2015 there will be over 2 billion Smart connected devices worldwide and market value is estimated to be $735.1 Billion. It is a fact that 87% of connected devices sales by 201 will be tablets and Smartphones. By 2017, 200 Billion more app will be downloaded whereas mobile devices are also expected to decrease in price.
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13. The Data Center: Now And In The Future
It is estimated that by the year 2020, data centers will produce 359 megatons of CO2. The size of the digital world is predicted to continue to increase by a factor of 44 by 2020 and it is interesting to know that Google’s data center runs on 100% recycled water.
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14. The Car Of The Future
Autonomous cars will account for up to 75% of vehicles on the road by the year 2040. Some benefits of self driving cars are -programmed to follow local traffic laws, distracted, tired or impaired drivers will be less dangerous on the road and faster reaction time.
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15. The Future Of BI
Business intelligence or BI is currently undergoing arguably the biggest shift in BI adoption since the rise of enterprise class BI platforms during the late 1990s. Data visualization integration, dashboard adoption and mobile BI integration are expected to increase after 1 year.
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16. The Future Of Mobile Technology
Mobile phones were first invented in 1983 and since then they have come a long way. It is predicted that by the year 2017, Android will be shipping a billion handsets a year. It is expected that flexible screens, bendable phones and malleable phones will be the future devices.
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17. The Future Of Bank Branches
Digital technologies will accelerate branch transformation and not make them extinct. It is a fact that optimizing a branch network helps a bank save up to 30%. The future of banking lies in physical co-existing with digital. Proximity and advisory will remain integral to a bank branch.
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18. eBooks And Textbooks Of The Future
digital textbooks will take off as print dwindles. There was a 400% increase in the sales of digital textbooks between the year 2008 and 2009. South Korea is investing in $2 Billion to ensure that all textbooks are digital by 2015.
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19. Is Mobile Healthcare The Future?
It is a fact that 52% of Smartphone users gather health related information on their phones and by 2017, 50% of Smartphone users would have downloaded mobile health apps. Currently, about 80% of doctors and physicians use Smartphones and medical apps.
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20. Shaping The Future Of Media
Researchers predict that Android based devices would account for a larger proportion of tablet sales than they had in previous years and comes cool uses of a tablet include playing games, listening to music, watching movies and eBook reader.
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