Press Releases

Smart thinking: Smart watches and speakers will be the next retail battleground, says Fastlane

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…)

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May 8, 2017

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As London breaches annual air pollution targets in 5 days, partners plan to map it with mobile sensors

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…)

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OSPT Alliance creates Affiliate membership for ticket terminal makers and system integrators

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…)

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May 5, 2017

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Industrial IoT: Walk before you can run

Successful IoT projects are security driven and focused on business needs, says Ben Boswell, UK & Ireland director of World Wide Technology. (more…)

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Actility acquires Abeeway to create a best-in-class portfolio for IoT location services

Actility, a provider of Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) has acquired Abeeway, a geolocation system provider. (more…)

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May 4, 2017

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ABB and IBM partner in industrial AI solutions to combine ABB Ability and IBM Watson

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…)

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u-blox announces ‘World’s smallest’ quad‑band LTE Cat M1 module for IoT and M2M applications

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…)

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Building blocks of IoT – What is behind the scenes of the smart systems web?

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…)

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iDevices advised by WCP on its acquisition by Hubbell

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…)

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May 3, 2017

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The challenges of designing UX for IoT – Part 2

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…)

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May 2, 2017

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