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The future of the Web is very bright with endless possibilities for improvement. Sir Timothy Berners-Lee gives three ways the Web will become increasingly relevant in every day life.

First, it will become easier to manage and analyze data. Currently, it takes a lot of work to work with and analyze just one set of data. As opposed to many links that connect one central theme, the Web will become "more like a large database or spreadsheet," making it easier and less time-consuming when doing research or, as previously mentioned, analyzing data.

Second, the Web will become more accessible from different types of networks and different types of devices. Before, the Web was merely accessible on a computer through a dial-up connection. Now, we have WiFi and satellites accessed on a variety of devices such as computers, cell phones, game consoles (PS3, XBox) and iPods and MP3 players. This accessibility will only continue to grow.

Finally, Web applications will become more and more prevalent in every day life. Things such as refrigerators, car stereo systems and telephone docks all with display screens and Internet access. While these things are not so apparent right now, pretty soon they will become the norm in a typical household with WiFi.

Relating this to digital journalism, such availability and vastness will make it easier yet again for journalists to quickly and effectively publish news articles.