Press Releases

AI and digital assistants to surge in 2018, IHS Markit says

As they become more ubiquitous in homes and in various consumer electronics products, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital assistants are likely to be two of the major overarching themes at this week’s 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). (more…)

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January 8, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

3D image sensor: Infineon enables easy smartphone unlock by face recognition

One mega trend feature in mobile communications is to unlock smartphones by 3D face recognition instead of fingerprint or PIN. Making authentication more convenient and more secure, it may soon become indispensable for mobile payment applications and mobile ID. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Avnet introduces IoTconnect software platform and smart connectivity solutions

Avnet, a global technology distributor, announced its IoTConnect cloud-based software platform and a portfolio of smart, market-ready connectivity solutions built around the platform to help organisations jump-start development of IoT-enabled systems and services.

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January 5, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

CEVA’s Bluetooth® 5 Low Energy IP certified with Ellisys Bluetooth compliance tester

CEVA, Inc., the licensor of signal processing IP for smarter, connected devices, announced that it has completed qualification testing of its Bluetooth 5 Low Energy (LE) IP, including all the new optional Bluetooth 5 features using the recognised Ellisys Bluetooth Qualifier (EBQ™) Compliance Tester. (more…)

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January 4, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

2018 cybersecurity predictions from Cyxtera

Executives from Cyxtera give us their considered views of IT security in the year ahead.

Move over Netflix: Threat analytic services on-demand has arrived (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Loyalty or lock-in? Most smart speaker users won’t budge from Amazon or Google

More than two thirds of current owners of Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers are planning to buy another smart speaker within the next six months, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

A ‘digital seal’ for a wide range of products: Smartrac introduces Circus Tamper Loop tags

RFID and IoT solutions provider, Smartrac has announced its new Circus Tamper Loop tags specifically designed for tamper detection and authentication via NFC-enabled smartphones. (more…)

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January 3, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Root of Trust-based automatic registration to the AWS cloud

Going to important conferences tends to concentrate the mind on what you want to talk about and what you want to demonstrate. This was definitely the case with the recent ARM TechCon in sunny Santa Clara. My team has been very busy working with our IoT products during 2017, and we were really excited when we managed to finalise a really exciting demo just in time to show it at the conference. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Roboadvisor platform revenues to reach $25 bn by 2022, as automation drives wealth management

A new study from Juniper Research has found that roboadvisor platform revenues will reach $25 billion (€20.75 billion) by 2022, up from an estimated $1.7 billion (€1.41 billion) in 2017, as the automation of wealth management revolutionises the way individuals invest. (more…)

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January 2, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Powercast to unveil FCC-approved consumer transmitter for power-over-distance wireless charging at CES 2018

Powercast Corporation, the provider of radio-frequency (RF)-based long-range power-over-distance wireless charging technology, announced that it will unveil at CES its FCC-approved (Part 15, FCC ID: YESTX91503) and ISED-approved (Canada IC: 8985A-TX91503) three-watt PowerSpot transmitter which works in the far field (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde