Smartphones will get smarter – but so will cyber attacks – Deloitte's tech team tells West businesses

West firms have been given a unique glimpse of the top tech themes for this year – and the impact they are likely to have on business – at a special event staged by accountancy firm Deloitte. Ever-greater use of smartphones, digital navigation, machine learning and – on the downside – the growth in cyber crime were outlined by Deloitte's technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice. The firm's head of TMT Paul Lee led the briefing staged at the Engine Shed, Bristol, and discussed key trends for this year as highlighted in the 16th edition of the firm's widely-respected TMT Predictions 2017 launched in January. He said the predictions particularly resonated with the West of England's digital tech ecosystem as it continued to be among the UK's most innovative and fastest-growing. Deloitte's key technology predictions for 2017 are: Deloitte predicts that one in 20 uses of digital navigation in 2017 will be indoors.