Technology and Tendencies Trends for the 2016?

2015 has been was [we are in 2016 now, so the past perfect is not used. Instead the past simple is better] a year of great challenges and technology development. Probably a great year
for corporations that have been were planning to release their new hi-tech softwares and hardwares (robotics).

Since For each software release, a new wave of vulnerabilities and threats come together. The "future" is here, right now among us, but what about security? Are these corporations and users/customers all around the world prepared for any threat that might come? It has been
is noticeable that users are each day more acquainted with technology and usability, but how much do they their know about privacy and information security? How much does do users, employees, etc., know about their information and privacy over the Internet?

The subject was chosen because of my own work in InfoTech field.