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The evolution of the web should correspond to the trends emerging in the mobile ecosystem. On mobile, there is a demand for immediacy and concise presentation. I believe the expectation of live, updated snippets of information will propagate to the web.
These snippets might be "card-like", modular objects, from text to images, videos, infographs and maps.
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Another emerging pattern is transiency. People tend to want to view information only once. This lends itself to an endless "feed" of information that, once it goes below the fold, disappears forever. The question is: will this make some forms of content expendable?
Successful technologies mirror the bases of human behaviour.
Natural language processing -- and its superset, artificial intelligence -- will be central to this, as language remains the core way in which we communicate.
Nick D'Aloisio is the creator of Summly. He received a round of venture funding when aged just 15
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