Blogs

Five key trends lie ahead in retail technology

London-based Detego, a UK software company behind various Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives in fashion retail has unveiled five defining key trends that will earmark the retail technology scene in 2018 and beyond. (more…)

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December 20, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

IoT botnets will force governments to regulate IoT device manufacturers

As IoT botnet attacks continue to grow in size and effectiveness in 2018, the damage they cause will force the IoT manufacturing industry to add stronger security to their products or eventually result in governments addressing IoT security with regulation, according to researchers at WatchGuard Technologies. (more…)

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December 19, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Alchemy IoT launches with $4 million seed funding to simplify industrial IoT using artificial intelligence

Alchemy IoT, a provider of IoT Asset Intelligence for industrial applications, launched with $4 million (€3.40 million) seed funding from Aweida Venture Partners and several angel investors. The startup’s cloud-based application, Clarity, helps customers achieve a greater return on their industrial assets and competitive advantage. (more…)

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December 18, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Smart audio hardware revenues to exceed $10 billion by 2022, as audio brands challenge Amazon Echo

A new report by Juniper Research found that revenues from smart audio devices like the Amazon Echo and Sonos One will grow from an estimated $2.5 billion (€2.13 billion) in 2017 to over $10 billion (€8.52 billion) by 2022, as more audio brands integrate voice assistants into their devices. (more…)

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December 13, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

A lesson from the story of 3 Blind Men and an Elephant

When I was very young, I remember a picture story of 3 blind men and an elephant, says Yiru Zhong, principal analyst at Beecham Research. My reaction at the time was “Oh how can they not know?” when the 3 men in the story were asked to describe the elephant, an animal they have not encountered before.  (more…)

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December 12, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Taoglas opens office in Shenzhen to meet growing demand in Asia-Pacific region

To support growing demand for its high-quality, precision antenna solutions in the Asia-Pacific region, Taoglas, a provider of IoT and M2M antenna products, announced the opening of its new office in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Orange Belgium’s new IoT network claims 100% coverage to support massive Internet of Things solutions

The possibilities offered by the Internet of Things (IoT) are growing strongly in Belgium and throughout the world. Orange Belgium decided last year to invest in new IoT technologies based on international standards, (more…)

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December 11, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

eSIM technology from Gemalto enables ‘always-connected’ experience for Microsoft Surface Pro with LTE Advanced

Gemalto, the provider in digital security, is supplying the eSIM (embedded SIM) solution for Microsoft’s Surface Pro with LTE Advanced, the most connected laptop in its class which will begin shipping to business customers in December 2017. (more…)

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December 7, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Change is coming to ‘stagnant’ wearables market as heart rate sensors claim accurate monitoring

Today’s continuous monitoring tech is shifting the consumer mindset away from a reactive monitoring approach to a proactive one. And this is having a dramatic effect on the market for wearable technologies, as Jeremy Cowan reports. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Microsemi enhances SyncServer S600 series time and frequency server to support low phase noise signals and 10 GbE multiport PTP

Microsemi Corporation, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced new hardware and software options for its popular SyncServer S600 series of time servers and instruments. The recent enhancements improve time synchronisation over enterprise Ethernet networks and supply timing signals for improved military radar operations and satellite uplink communications. (more…)

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December 6, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde