Mobile network operators will generate an additional $700m annually by 2020 from new universal log-in and mobile identity services - from a base of just $20m this year, according to Juniper Research.

As smartphones embrace always-on, ubiquitous location, location-based sensor fusion will become a standard feature.

A manufacturing renaissance is taking place in the United States. According to a recent MIT study, 14 percent of manufacturers have made definite plans to move some of their currently offshore production back stateside. An additional 30 percent are considering it. The common term being used for this is reshoring. The reshoring trend is growing and can garner goodwill with domestic customers, consumers and even legislators. But any careful decision to reshore or expand domestic manufacturing capacity will be predicated on goodwill benefits and growing profitability.