BENGALURU: Just think of a ‘Smarthome’ where all the appliances are connected to your smartphones and you could buy stuff without carrying any money or your credit card around. All these are merely an imagination for now. So what if all these could turn into reality in 2015?

Here are some of the predictions in technology that may be in place this year as compiled by the Fortune. 

# Start-Up Valuation Bubble Springs Some Leaks

Every now and then we see that a start-up that is struggling with its financials gets a huge valuation from the investors. For instance, Pinterest, the online bulletin board, got a $5 billion valuation and another Digital payments company, Square, is priced at $6 billion.

A venture capitalist with Menlo Ventures, Venky Ganesan said, "There will be some really high-profile blow ups.” The timing when the tech industry will go down is a desired parlor game at the Silicon Valley. Regardless of all the grim predictions over the past few years, the value of the startups keeps increasing.

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