As we highlight in our Connected Car Report (download the report at http://read.bi/2o16-predictions-connected-car-report), cars are beingconnected to the internet primarily to benefit automakers. For example,automakers are able to track data about how the car is being used and push over-the-air updates to the car.In addition to internal reasons, automakers havebeen motivated to connect their cars due to rising consumer demand for in-cartechnology. In fact, 37% of recent car buyers in China, the US, and Germany saidthey would be willing to switch to a different automaker if it was the only oneoffering access to data, media, and applications, up from 20% of recent carbuyers who said the same a year ago.In 2o16, we predict even more disruption will occur: Facebook will battle.YouTube in mobile video, Indonesia will become one of the largest smartphonemarkets, the Blockchain will be recognized as more than a fad, Amazon willleave its shipping partners, and oil companies will embrace IoTtechnology asthe price of oil continues to drop.In this report, we provide 25 predictions across our five key verticals includingMobile, E-Commerce, Digital Media, Payments, and the Internet of Things.