Trey Pascador, Author at Padtronics

SkyPeople Enters into Agreement with Agricultural Products E-Commerce Platform

SkyPeople Fruit Juice, a producer of fruit juice concentrates, fruit juice beverages and other fruit-related products, has announced that on March 13, Hedetang Foods (China), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SkyPeople Fruit Juice, signed a one-year business agreement with the Jiangsu Nongmuren Agricultural Products e-commerce Platform. Earlier in the month, Hedetang Foods joined the China Aigo […]

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Security Professionals Expect More Attacks On IIoT in 2017

As technology vendors race to create more and more devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) the opportunity for hackers to get into these devices grows larger and larger, as these IoT devices are usually made with little to no regard for security. The fears of a large-scale attack waiting to happen were solidified this week when security firm Tripwire released the

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IoT Roundtable: HPE, Cisco And Forescout Execs Say Solution Providers Are The Key To Success …

While connected consumer devices are driving the hype around the Internet of Things, executives from vendors including Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco Systems and Forescout Technologies are shaping channel strategies around a less-discussed opportunity – operational technology. Manufacturers are looking to connect the operational technology making up their factory floors – including control systems and data

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Learn How to Integrate Your Own Smart Home in 3 Simple Steps

New devices, new gadgets and (frankly speaking) toys are introduced on almost daily basis. The one more useful, the other less. Nevertheless, all new inventions and concepts proof that the world of electronics is moving faster than ever, having effect on our daily life, including our homes and buildings, we spent most of our life-time

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Google Home vs Amazon Alexa: Which one is smarter?

(Image: CNET) The Amazon Echo was the first mass-market, consumer-level device responding to voice control with general purpose functions, such as playing music. It was launched in the US in 2015. Then, in 2016, Google released its competing device, Google Home. Framingham, Mass.-based digital agency Stone Temple collected 5,000 questions to ask both Google Home

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Internet-Connected Sex Toy Maker Settles Privacy Lawsuit

Litigation , Privacy Canadian Vibrator Maker Reaches $3.7 Million Settlement Agreement Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 15, 2017 Don’t blindly trust the internet of things to maintain common-sense boundaries, or your privacy. See Also: Balancing Fraud Detection & the Consumer Banking Experience Witness a lawsuit filed by two anonymous plaintiffs last year

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CRN IoT Roundtable: HPE, Cisco And Forescout Execs Highlight The Biggest Opportunities For …

Featured IN The Software-Defined Data Center 50The software-defined data center replaces proprietary hardware-based server, storage, networking and other equipment with the equivalent software functionality running on commodity servers. Here are 50 companies on the forefront of developing the software-defined data center.

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Beacon smart home device combines air monitoring, light, and sound

As adoption of smart home devices increases, you may find yourself with a smart home device for a specific function, and a different one for another, and so on. Living Labs is looking to reduce the number of smart home devices you need with Beacon, a multi-sensory cube that monitors air quality, provides bio-rhythmic lighting,

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Here's Why Chat May Replace Apps As The Way To Control Your Smart Home

Mark Zuckerberg Zuckerberg created Jarvis to talk with his home If you’re a smart-home nerd like me, chances are you use a whole bunch of apps on your phone or tablet to control lights, door locks, cameras and cooking devices. It can feel overwhelming at times, and while efforts like HomeKit are supposed to help by

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Getting Personal: The Peril Of The Internet of Things

They all laughed when Kellyanne Conway said that “you can surveil someone through their phone, through their television sets … microwaves that turn into cameras.” But it’s time to get serious, folks. You may or may not be able to surveil people (yet). But you can collect data on them with the devices that make up

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