Deloitte's 9 tech predictions for 2019

Everybody makes a list of 2019 predictions, but the folks at Deloitte have numbers behind theirs. As one of the world's biggest accounting and financial services firms, Deloitte is able to confidently predict that, for example, the smart speaker market will generate $7 billion in revenues in 2019. Below is Deloitte's 18th annual list of predictions for your enjoyment. "2019 will see massive improvements in a wide range of technologies, pushing once-novel innovations into the mainstreams of our lives and work," said Sandra Shirai, Deloitte's U.S. technology, media, and telecommunications leader, in a statement. "Emerging technologies are blurring traditional industry lines, impacting people and organizations; as a society, we'll be smarter, more productive, and more deeply engaged with the world around us." Deloitte said in its forecast that it expects 164 million smart speakers to sell in 2019 at an average price of $43.