For the next 5 years, technology is going to rewrite all the rules our world set up: education, culture, connectivity, start-up, business model, everything is being changed by the technology. My favorite so far is how the power is returning to the users and how the leaders of tomorrow are more likely to be communities rather than big players.

Let's talk about 3 radical changes that are going to happen and will change the way the world works. Again.

1. Internet will become insanely fast.

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The video below talks by itself: "speed". Google has been insisting a lot on it recently and it's because they know speed can open doors to a lot of opportunities. It's not so much about storage (even if it will be nice to download a movie in 6s) but more about fast-connectivity and data-instant-transfer (ok the cloud). Speed can solve almost every problem, fiber optic will make internet 100X faster and helps internet to offer a way better User Experience. HD Movie, HD Pictures, Everything Streaming, Storing and sharing files instantly. Potentially even the theaters will be streaming movies, all thanks to speed.

2. Everything will be moved to the cloud (yes, everything).

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Most of people usually underestimate the power of the cloud. Cloud has just started and once you really understand what's in Microsoft and Apple's minds (I sneaked Microsoft just to be nice) you start to realize how their current moves makes even more sense on the long-term. Reasons why computers are getting thinner, cheaper and smaller is because everything is moving to the cloud: pictures with Facebook, videos with Youtube, Netflix and soon Google or Apple TV, video montage with Animoto, translation with Google Translate, and you know the rest.

Next will be the software entirely in the cloud and combined with massive storage and CPU power, once Internet will become insanely fast, our computer will get cheaper but way more powerful thanks to the interconnectivity it has with the cloud. You would be able to watch any movies, use any softwares, watch any TV channels, all on-demand. Plus all your datas will be synchronized across all your devices. Instead of buying a $2000 computer, we will be buying 10 times more monthly plans to satisfy our need. I don't know if it's going to be cheaper at the end but it will definitely be awesome.

3. VOIP & Voice translation will open the borders forever.

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You talk to your car in English and it sends an email to your Japanese client's phone in Japanese. You will be able to call anywhere in the world, not only with relatively no-costs but also with free translation on-the-fly. Voice Recognition + Cloud Translation Service + VOIP + Mobile connectivity = HUGE new opportunities. The mobile explosion has already given to most human being an access the net but Voice Translation on-the-fly is going to connect every person on earth. And I'm not even talking about the Voice Translation API Google will release.

4. Conclusion.

I hope you like the snapshot of future. Well, a not-so-far future. The first side-effect of the Cloud has already accelerated the pace of innovation by 8, but the second step will be far beyond any expectations we can have. I can't wait to see what's going to happen. Actually, maybe I can, because it's probably just a matter of months.

What do you think? Anything else you see happening?