Interview: Deloitte's Mark Casey on the future of technology

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Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod chats to Mark Casey, Africa leader of the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice at consulting firm Deloitte, about a new report from the company looking at its predictions for the TMT space in 2018 and beyond.
Casey talks about the report’s predictions for the development of smartphones over the next five years, the rise of artificial intelligence and augmented reality (AR), and whether virtual reality or AR will be the biggest winner in the coming years.
Also in the podcast, Casey explains why Deloitte believes that battery technology won’t make any significant progress in the next five years and why in-flight connectivity about to take off. Plus, he gives his views on machine learning and how it will be used in business.
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14 Feb 2018 English South Africa Technology · Business

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