"The cloud" is a reference to a new style of computing. In cloud computing, data and even applications are distributed through multiple computers connected by the internet. I believe that in the future, the web will be accessible anywhere in the world, including third world countries that don't always have access now. I believe that conventional HTTP will find competition from more private protocols such as TOR. I believe cloud applications such as Office 365 (as outlined in The Windy City Teams with Microsoft on Cloud Strategy) will take precedence over individual use applications. As the article Google’s New Director Of Engineering, Ray Kurzweil, Is Building Your ‘Cybernetic friend states, more and more data is being collected about internet users. In the future of the web, I see this data being used not only for helpful purposes such as improving search results, but also for less than moral purposes such as building digital profiles in order to track individuals. Tying in with what was said earlier, reasons like the previously stated would be an excellent reason that could cause internet users to switch to privacy fostering paradigms such as TOR.
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