One year is not really that long - but here is what I am seeing in the foreseeable future:<p>1. Development for proprietary mobile platforms (such as iOS&#x2F;ObjectiveC&#x2F;Swift and Android&#x2F;Java) will drop in popularity.<p>2. Continuing increase in client-side JavaScript&#x2F;HTML5 popularity. The dominant platform will be ES6&#x2F;React not TypeScript&#x2F;Angular2.<p>3. The &quot;App Store&quot; will start to loose its relevancy.<p>4. Mobile (vs. web) usage continues to grow.<p>And for business:<p>5. Social networks coming out of Asia (China, Japan, Korea, SEA - such as WeChat or Line) becoming globally popular.<p>6. Crash&#x2F;collapse&#x2F;accounting fraud scandal in a major internet company. (No idea for specifics but look at the ride subsidies of uber for an example of something that can go wrong).<p>7. Xiaomi starts selling in USA and Europe with considerable success.