Apple Watch sales doubled last year, and smart speakers such as Amazon Echo will be a £7 billion (€8.3 billion) market within five years. But are consumers and retailers ready for the revolution in shopping habits they will bring, asks e-commerce provider Fastlane International. (more…)
May 8, 2017
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
Drayson Technologies and London’s largest environmentally-friendly private hire service,Greentomatocars, have partnered to create a mobile Internet of Things (IoT) sensor network that will help build a hyper-local map of air pollution in London. (more…)
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
Industry association, OSPT Alliance, has launched an Affiliate membership category. This is open to all reader and terminal manufacturers, and system integrators active within the contactless market (more…)
May 5, 2017
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
Successful IoT projects are security driven and focused on business needs, says Ben Boswell, UK & Ireland director of World Wide Technology. (more…)
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
Actility, a provider of Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) has acquired Abeeway, a geolocation system provider. (more…)
May 4, 2017
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
ABB and IBM announced a strategic collaboration that brings together ABB Ability, with IBM Watson Internet of Things cognitive capabilities to unlock new value for customers in utilities, industry and transport & infrastructure. (more…)
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
u‑blox, a global provider of wireless and positioning modules and chips, has claimed to offer the world’s smallest quad-band LTE Cat M1 module, the u-blox SARA‑R410M. (more…)
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
For those unfamiliar with the Internet of Things (IoT), it is a network not just of smartphones and computing systems but also daily ‘Things’. (more…)
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
iDevices®, a provider of connected home industry, has been acquired by Hubbell Inc. of Shelton, Connecticut for an undisclosed sum. With 2016 revenues of US$3.5 billion, Hubbell Incorporated operates manufacturing facilities in the United States and around the world. (more…)
May 3, 2017
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
The Internet of Things (IoT) is connecting people and physical things to change the way business is done. There are a lot of aspects in IoT where innovation is happening from data processing to security to firmware to storage. (more…)
May 2, 2017
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil